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Artie Shaw — Mysterioso
Album: The Indispensable Artie Shaw, Volume 5/6 (1944–1945)
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Released: 1945
Length: 2:53
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As someone who used to play clarinet (to a reasonable amateur standard) I'm completely in awe of Shaw's playing.
Posted 1 week ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
is it me but the first few bars reminded me of Robert Plant singing the beginning of the Immigrant Song. 
Posted 1 week ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:

My dog was sleeping peacefully on the sofa until Artie began blowing his clarinet in this song. My dog suddenly started barking, like there was some kind of intruder about to attack. I had to turn the volume down on my laptop to calm her down. True story.


Uff... I can only agree with your dog. I like this tune, but right now it is giving me a bit of anxiety...
Posted 5 months ago by mrctrm    [ Reply ]
 gratefulgator wrote:

Today this is going to get a 10 from me because I have clarinets on the brain.  My son thought he lost his... thankfully he didn't!

Also cause I played clarinet too... I really do enjoy this.  



As a previous clarinet player, I love hearing clarinet pieces. Not that I was any good at all. 
Posted 7 months ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:

My dog was sleeping peacefully on the sofa until Artie began blowing his clarinet in this song. My dog suddenly started barking, like there was some kind of intruder about to attack. I had to turn the volume down on my laptop to calm her down. True story.



   
Too funny! LOL!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
My dog was sleeping peacefully on the sofa until Artie began blowing his clarinet in this song. My dog suddenly started barking, like there was some kind of intruder about to attack. I had to turn the volume down on my laptop to calm her down. True story.
Posted 3 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
must
Posted 5 years ago by goldstarchippy    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Which version have you heard?
 
I'd imagine greiffenstein was thinking of Misterioso by Thelonius Monk.
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 greiffenstein wrote:
I'd never heard the original.  The main question is...why the hell not!?  This stuff is timeless and inimitable
 
Which version have you heard?
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

A funny, yes? Shaw retired from the music biz in 1954 and died in 2004.

 
 
Wow. That's amazing.
Posted 6 years ago by murrayn    [ Reply ]
Today this is going to get a 10 from me because I have clarinets on the brain.  My son thought he lost his... thankfully he didn't!

Also cause I played clarinet too... I really do enjoy this.  
Posted 6 years ago by gratefulgator    [ Reply ]
missed me by that much
{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
I bet this served as inspiration for the Get Smart theme.

Sorry about that, chief.
Posted 7 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
When I was a teenager I had clarinet lessons and thought I had learnt to play the instrument -  but I have no idea how these dudes got some of the sounds heard on this track,
Posted 7 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
                      
Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Theme from "Get Smart"
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
ziggytrix wrote:
hrm... was Mancini listening to this before composing the theme to Peter Gunn?

  
 LizK wrote:
Didn't Peter Gunn have one woman call center, never showing her face - just a spectacular pair of legs - Mary Tyler Moore's break into the big time. 
 
Mary Tyler Moore played the mysterious, leggy secretary on Richard Diamond, Private Detective, not Peter Gunn.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Didn't Peter Gunn have one woman call center, never showing her face - just a spectacular pair of legs - Mary Tyler Moore's break into the big time. 
ziggytrix wrote:
hrm... was Mancini listening to this before composing the theme to Peter Gunn?

 


Posted 8 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 greiffenstein wrote:
I'd never heard the original.  The main question is...why the hell not!?  This stuff is timeless and inimitable

 
Thank you for helping me learn a new word today, "inimitable".
Posted 8 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
I'd never heard the original.  The main question is...why the hell not!?  This stuff is timeless and inimitable
Posted 8 years ago by greiffenstein    [ Reply ]
Way before my time but greatly appreciated. Great for a lazy Saturday morning.
Posted 8 years ago by bm.deavenport613    [ Reply ]
 HoneyBearKelly wrote:
Play the Thelonious Monk version.

 
That's a completely different song which just happens to have the same title as this one, but it would be cool to hear it here.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Divine!
Posted 9 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Brilliant. 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 MrsTom wrote:
I need to be in the mood for this - and its lunch time in my country so I'm not chilled enough
 
:-)
 
Posted 9 years ago by kevinpobrien    [ Reply ]
Get Smart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMf2mlHlwAA 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This is way out of my taste range, but I really enjoy this.
Posted 10 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
Play the Thelonious Monk version.
Posted 10 years ago by HoneyBearKelly    [ Reply ]
It's too bad that this couldn't have been captured and engineered with better equipment. ( not that he wasn't using the best of the time.) Listening to this type music live is a great experience. how about a Benny Goodman or Pete Fountain follow-up?
Posted 10 years ago by zjustme    [ Reply ]
I need to be in the mood for this - and its lunch time in my country so I'm not chilled enough
Posted 10 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
Thin bowtie music.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
Cool, daddio... has he released anything new recently?

 
A funny, yes? Shaw retired from the music biz in 1954 and died in 2004.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 999_99_999 wrote:

I hear the "Theme to the Pink Panther."  May be Henri Mancini was an Artie Shaw fan?

 
Artie Shaw was a extremely successful, popular, and influential bandleader and musician; it's a safe bet that Henry Mancini was familiar with his work and influenced by it.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Not a serious jazz fan, so I never go looking for this stuff.  Thanks Bill, for bringing this one to me.  
Posted 11 years ago by dsd    [ Reply ]
Kind of trippy, eh?
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
hrm... was Mancini listening to this before composing the theme to Peter Gunn?
Posted 11 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Cool, daddio... has he released anything new recently?
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
This is so wonderful to listen to (silkily-swinging, scary, beautifully played), and it is so timeless, that I have to give it a 10. So much older music that I've never heard, so little time....
Posted 11 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Ahhh! I'm so glad you played this, haven't heard it in ages.

Another fabulous clarinetist is Pete Fountain. I grew up listening to him thanks to my dad's eclectic music collection. Great stuff. 
Posted 12 years ago by ferwoman    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I hear Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse!   ?? 
Now I have an ear worm, trying to remember where I've heard the tune before. 
 
 
I hear the "Theme to the Pink Panther."  May be Henri Mancini was an Artie Shaw fan?
Posted 12 years ago by 999_99_999    [ Reply ]

Artie Shaw was one of jazz's best clarinetists...  great big band sound...  this classic music is good for the ears...
Posted 12 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Top
Posted 12 years ago by RBMBA    [ Reply ]
My Dad always claimed the '40's had the best music and the coolest cats... i would have to agree after hearing this gem.
Posted 12 years ago by BLADERUNNER    [ Reply ]
Artie Shaw is new to me.. way ahead of his time me thinks!
Posted 12 years ago by richardgold    [ Reply ]
Artie Shaw — Mysterioso

...WHAT a set,bill.........just canceled my nightshift-job for tonight,...better to open a bottle whitewine and listen rp the whole night....THANX...

narguile


Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
Smokin'
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
terrible!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 palexis wrote:
And I thought good music started in the sixties...
 
Yes. The 1760's.
Posted 12 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
I hear Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse!   ?? 
Now I have an ear worm, trying to remember where I've heard the tune before. 
 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
And I thought good music started in the sixties...
Posted 12 years ago by palexis    [ Reply ]
wow! Dynomite!
Posted 12 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]