Star Dust (Artie Shaw)
Context
Recorded in Hollywood on October 7, 1940, for Victor, this Hoagy Carmichael standard opens with Billy Butterfield's trumpet before Artie Shaw's clarinet takes up the melody. It is the version most often associated with a song recorded thousands of times.
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.