Heinie Beau
Heinie Beau (March 8, 1911, Mount Calvary, Wisconsin – April 18, 1987, Burbank, California) was an American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist, most notable for his swing clarinet work and recordings done with Tommy Dorsey, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and Red Nichols. Living in Hollywood, California, Beau worked as an arranger and musician on television, radio and recordings, including contributing classic charts to Sinatra's Capitol repertoire. Beau wrote the big band arrangement of Lean Baby, the first single Sinatra recorded for Capitol in 1953. Beau had also recorded extensively in Europe, touring areas such as London. Beau came from a musical family – both parents and all eight siblings played various instruments. At the age of 15, while still in high school, he joined the family dance band, the Wally Beau Orchestra, which played at numerous venues in the Midwest during the 1930s and 1940s. Beau's brothers Wally and Harvey, along with sister Marie, were part of the group, along with other musicians such as Rollie Culver. His work can be heard on an early Ella Fitzgerald recording of Would You Like to Take a Walk?, along with Dave Barbour and his Orchestra, on Decca from 1951. In 1959, he recorded Moviesville Jazz for Coral. Beau arranged and conducted for composer Wayne Shanklin on the 1959 hit The Big Hurt for Toni Fisher on Signet Records, arranged and conducted on Fisher's Signet LP, and released an English version of Marguerite Monot's famous Milord as Your Royal Majesty. He ghost-arranged for Axel Stordahl and Billy May on Frank Sinatra recordings. In 1980, he and his wife, Grace, formed their own label, Henri Records, and recorded three albums entitled Hollywood Jazz Quartet in 1980, Blues for Two with Eddie Miller in 1982 and Midnight Clarinet with Bob Havens in 1984. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born March 8th, 1911, Died April 19th, 1987
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1958
Roles Represented in DAHR: saxophone, alto saxophone, arranger, clarinet, flute
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 30 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | PBS-055108 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swing time up in Harlem | Connie Haines ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | PBS-055109 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swing high | Ziggy Elman ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with trumpet soloist | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | PBS-055110 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Do you know why | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | PBS-055111 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Isn't that just like love | Connie Haines ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | PBS-055112 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swanee River | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067652 | 10-in. | 8/19/1941 | Violets for your furs | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067653 | 10-in. | 8/19/1941 | The sunshine of your smile | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067932 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | The skunk song | Chuck Peterson ; The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, mixed vocal ensemble, and speaker | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067933 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | The skunk song | Chuck Peterson ; The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, mixed vocal ensemble, and speaker | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067934 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Somebody loves me | The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067935 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Love sends a little gift of roses | Ken Curtis ; The Pied Pipers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067936 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | It isn't a dream any more | Jo Stafford ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067937 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Embraceable you | The Pied Pipers ; Jo Stafford ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067938 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | The anniversary waltz | Ken Curtis ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Decca | L 6526 | 11/23/1951 | Necessary evil | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, saxophone | |||
Decca | L 6527 | 11/23/1951 | Oops! | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, saxophone | |||
Decca | L 6528 | 11/23/1951 | Would you like to take a walk | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, saxophone | |||
Decca | L 6529 | 11/23/1951 | Who walks in (when I walk out) | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, saxophone | |||
Decca | L 11033 | 6/24/1958 | The three heads of Adam | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger, clarinet, flute | |||
Decca | L 11034 | 6/24/1958 | The house on Olvera Street | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger, clarinet, flute | |||
Decca | L 11035 | 6/24/1958 | The Gina pastrami cha cha cha | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger, flute, clarinet | |||
Decca | L 11036 | 6/24/1958 | Moonset Boulevard | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, flute, arranger, clarinet | |||
Decca | L 11037 | 6/24/1958 | The five and a half gallon hat story | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute | |||
Decca | L 11038 | 6/24/1958 | Gullible travels | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute | |||
Decca | L 11039 | 6/30/1958 | In your private eye | Heinie Beau Jazz Stars | instrumentalist, clarinet, arranger, flute, alto saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Beau, Heinie," accessed April 19, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107089.
Beau, Heinie. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107089.
"Beau, Heinie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 19 April 2021.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Beau, Heinie - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94053247
Wikidata: Heinie Beau - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1876702
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/37106551/
MusicBrainz: Beau, Heinie - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d7c56ee-5f07-4339-be34-64754f29de4c
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