Artie Shaw: Time is All You’ve Got

This outstanding profile of the controversial band leader is the only complete biographical account of Artie Shaw's brilliant career. One of the most successful musicians in the country by the time he was twenty-nine, Shaw openly talks about his astonishing success during the big band era; why he twice quit the music business at the height of his fame; the notoriety he achieved with his 'bad marriages' and 'good divorces' from some of Hollywood's most glamorous ladies; his brush with McCarthyism; his self-imposed exile and the years since his final Gramercy 5 recordings. Supported by interviews with many of his friends, including Mel Torme, Buddy Rich, Helen Forest, Evelyn Keyes and liberally spiced with film clips, stills, and terrific music, this is an extraordinary film about an extraordinary man.