Arvell Shaw
Arvell Shaw (September 15, 1923 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz double-bassist, best known for his work with Louis Armstrong. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 15, 1923 (St. Louis), Died December 5, 2002 (Roosevelt Island)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1955
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D7VB-1082 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | A song was born | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars ; Jack Teagarden | Male vocal duet, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-1083 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Please stop playing those blues, boy | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars ; Jack Teagarden | Male vocal duet, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-1084 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Before long | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal solo, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-1085 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Lovely weather we're having | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal solo, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Decca | 76194 | 4/27/1950 | My bucket's got a hole in it | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76337 | 4/26/1950 | Panama, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76338 | 4/26/1950 | Panama, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76339 | 4/26/1950 | New Orleans function | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76340 | 4/26/1950 | New Orleans function | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76341 | 4/26/1950 | 12th Street rag, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76342 | 4/26/1950 | 12th Street rag, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76343 | 4/26/1950 | That's for me, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76344 | 4/26/1950 | That's for me, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76345 | 4/26/1950 | Bugle call rag/Ole miss, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76346 | 4/26/1950 | Bugle call rag/Ole miss, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76347 | 4/26/1950 | Bugle call rag/Ole miss, part 3 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76348 | 4/27/1950 | I surrender dear, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76349 | 4/27/1950 | Fine and dandy | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76350 | 4/27/1950 | Russian lullaby, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76351 | 4/27/1950 | Russian lullaby, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76352 | 4/27/1950 | Baby won't you please come home | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 76353 | 4/27/1950 | Fine and dandy | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80352 | 1/15/1951 | Muskrat ramble, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80353 | 1/15/1951 | Muskrat ramble, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80354 | 1/15/1951 | (What did I do to be so) Black and blue, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80355 | 1/15/1951 | (What did I do to be so) Black and blue, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80356 | 1/15/1951 | Royal garden blues, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80357 | 1/15/1951 | Royal garden blues, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80358 | 1/15/1951 | Lover-1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80359 | 1/15/1951 | Stars fell on Alabama, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80360 | 1/15/1951 | Stars fell on Alabama, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80361 | 1/15/1951 | I cried for you, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80362 | 1/15/1951 | I cried for you, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80363 | 1/15/1951 | Since I fell for you, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80364 | 1/15/1951 | Since I fell for you, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80365 | 1/15/1951 | Tea for two, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80366 | 1/15/1951 | Tea for two, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80367 | 1/15/1951 | Body and soul, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80368 | 1/15/1951 | Body and soul, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80369 | 1/15/1951 | Steak face, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80370 | 1/15/1951 | Steak face, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80371 | 1/15/1951 | Mahogany Hall stomp | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80372 | 1/15/1951 | On the sunny side of the street, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80373 | 1/15/1951 | On the sunny side of the street, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80374 | 1/15/1951 | High society | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80375 | 1/15/1951 | Baby won't you please come home | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80376 | 1/15/1951 | That's my desire, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80377 | 1/15/1951 | That's my desire, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80378 | 1/15/1951 | C jam blues-2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80379 | 1/15/1951 | How high the moon, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80380 | 1/15/1951 | How high the moon, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80381 | 1/15/1951 | Boff boff, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80382 | 1/15/1951 | Boff Boff, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 80844 | 4/26/1950 | That's for me | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82484 | 1/30/1951 | (Back home again in) Indiana | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | [82485[a]] | 1/30/1951 | Some day (you'll be sorry) | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82485 | 1/30/1951 | (Back home again in) Indiana | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82486 | 1/30/1951 | Baby it's cold outside | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82487 | 1/30/1951 | Baby it's cold outside | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82488 | 1/30/1951 | Just you, just me | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82489 | 1/30/1951 | Just you, just me | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82490 | 1/30/1951 | The hucklebuck | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82491 | 1/30/1951 | Honeysuckle rose | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82492 | 1/30/1951 | My Monday date | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82493 | 1/30/1951 | My Monday date | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82494 | 1/30/1951 | Way down yonder in New Orleans | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82495 | 1/30/1951 | Way down yonder in New Orleans | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82496 | 1/30/1951 | You can depend on me | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82497 | 1/30/1951 | That's a plenty | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82516 | 1/30/1951 | Stardust | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82517 | 1/30/1951 | Big Daddy blues | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 83032 | 10-in. | June 1952 | That's my desire | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 83033 | 10-in. | June 1952 | Baby, it's cold outside | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 83439 | 9/22/1952 | White Christmas | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 83440 | 9/22/1952 | Winter wonderland | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 83441 | 9/22/1952 | Chlo-e | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 83442 | 9/22/1952 | Listen to the mocking bird | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 83986 | 2/23/1953 | Your cheating heart | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 83987 | 2/23/1953 | Congratulation to someone | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 84356 | 4/21/1953 | April in Portugal | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 84357 | 4/21/1953 | Ramona | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 84879 | 7/16/1953 | Sittin' in the sun | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 84880 | 7/16/1953 | Dummy song | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86061 | 3/19/1954 | Basin Street blues | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86062 | 3/19/1954 | Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86063 | 3/19/1954 | Struttin' with some barbecue-1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86064 | 3/19/1954 | Margie | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86073 | 3/19/1954 | Basin Street blues, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86074 | 3/19/1954 | Basin Street blues, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86075 | 3/19/1954 | Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86076 | 3/19/1954 | Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86077 | 3/19/1954 | Struttin' with some barbecue, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86078 | 3/19/1954 | Struttin' with some barbecue, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86145 | 4/5/1954 | Bye and bye | Gordon Jenkins Orchestra ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86146 | 4/5/1954 | Trees | Gordon Jenkins Orchestra ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86147 | 4/5/1954 | Spooks! | Gordon Jenkins Orchestra ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86148 | 4/5/1954 | The Whiffenpoof song | Gordon Jenkins Orchestra ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86652 | 8/13/1954 | Skokiaan, part 1 | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86653 | 8/13/1954 | Skokiaan, part 2 | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86738 | 9/1/1954 | Muskrat ramble | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86739 | 9/1/1954 | Medley: Tenderly | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86740 | 9/1/1954 | You'll never walk alone | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 87839 | 4/25/1955 | Yeh! | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 87840 | 4/25/1955 | Mm-Mm | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 87841 | 4/25/1955 | Baby, your sleep is showing | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 87842 | 4/25/1955 | Tin roof blues | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 87843 | 4/25/1955 | Pretty little Missy | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88050 | 1/21/1955 | When it's sleepy time down South ; (Back home again in) Indiana ; The gypsy | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88051 | 1/21/1955 | Jeepers creepers ; Margie | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88052 | 1/21/1955 | Tin roof blues | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88053 | 1/21/1955 | My bucket's got a hole in it | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88054 | 1/21/1955 | Rose room | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88055 | 1/21/1955 | Me and Brother Bill | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88056 | 1/21/1955 | Struttin' with some barbecue (Up a) Lazy river ; Old man Mose (false start) | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88057 | 1/21/1955 | T'aint' what you do ; Lover come back to me | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88058 | 1/21/1955 | Perdido | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88059 | 1/21/1955 | Blues for bass | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88060 | 1/21/1955 | Don't fence me in ; Basin Street blues ; When it's sleepy time down ; South (closing theme) | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88061 | 1/21/1955 | Big butter and egg man ; Stompin' at the Savoy ; When it's sleepy time down ; South (Opening theme) | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88062 | 1/21/1955 | Old man Mose (2nd take) ; My bucket's got a hole in it (2nd take) ; 'S wonderful ; Big Mama's back in town ; Since I fell for you | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88063 | 1/21/1955 | Rockin' chair ; Twelfth Street rag ; Muskrat ramble | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88064 | 1/21/1955 | C'est si bon | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88065 | 1/21/1955 | The Whiffenpoof song | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88066 | 1/21/1955 | When you're smiling | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88067 | 1/21/1955 | Medley: Shadrack ; When the Saints go marching in | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88068 | 1/21/1955 | Someday you'll be sorry | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88069 | 1/21/1955 | St. Louis blues ; The man I love | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88070 | 1/21/1955 | Back o'town blues ; Old man Mose (first take) | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88071 | 1/21/1955 | Big Mama's back in town ; Big butter and egg man | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88072 | 1/21/1955 | Mop! Mop! | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88073 | 1/21/1955 | When it's sleepy time down South (closing theme) | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 102612 | Muskrat ramble | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | ||||
| Decca | 102613 | 3/19/1954 | Struttin' with some barbecue | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 102614 | 1/30/1951 | My Monday date | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 102615 | 3/19/1954 | Basin Street blues | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 102616 | 1/21/1955 | When it's sleepy time down South | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6247 | 4/23/1951 | Unless | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6248 | 4/23/1951 | (Give me) A kiss to build a dream on | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6249 | 4/23/1951 | You're the apple of my eye | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8107 | 1/18/1955 | Struttin' with some barbecue | Louis Armstrong ; Gary Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8108 | 1/18/1955 | Ko ko mo | Louis Armstrong ; Gary Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8109 | 1/18/1955 | Sincerely | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8110 | 1/18/1955 | Pledging my love-1 | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8660 | 9/8/1955 | Only you | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8661 | 9/8/1955 | Christmas in New Orleans | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8662 | 9/8/1955 | Moments to remember | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8663 | 9/8/1955 | Christmas night in Harlem | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8668 | 9/9/1955 | Easy street | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8669 | 9/9/1955 | Lazy bones | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Shaw, Arvell," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/343358.
Shaw, Arvell. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/343358.
"Shaw, Arvell." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Shaw, Arvell - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91029603
Wikidata: Arvell Shaw - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4802386
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/24788438
MusicBrainz: Arvell Shaw - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/024c679b-22cc-49dd-9840-c3d75bc10336
ISNI: 0000 0000 5513 7128 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055137128
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