Frenesi

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra · 1940 · Another No. 1 hit in the United States.

Context

Song by Mexican composer Alberto Domínguez, given English lyrics by Leonard Whitcup in 1940. Artie Shaw recorded it on March 3, 1940, at the Victor studios in Hollywood, with an orchestra augmented by strings and woodwinds, on an arrangement by William Grant Still. The side (Victor 26542) reached number one on Billboard on December 21, 1940, for thirteen weeks; it entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Star Dust (Artie Shaw) (1940)
• Begin the Beguine (1938)

Sources

• EN: Frenesi
• adp.library.ucsb.edu

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