Artie Bernstein
Arthur Bernstein (February 4, 1909 – January 4, 1964) was an American jazz double bassist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started his musical career playing cello on board cruise ships to South America, and also studied law at New York University. However, by 1929 he had started playing bass, and began performing in clubs around New York City. He performed with trumpeter Red Nichols, Red Norvo, Kay Thompson, Lou Bring, Ziggy Elman, The Boswell Sisters, and others, and recorded with Ben Pollack, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, and many others in the 1930s. In 1939 he performed with Benny Goodman at the second From Spirituals to Swing concert. He fell out with Goodman in 1941 - Goodman fiddled with Bernstein's music-stand light so that he would have problems reading the music and appear incompetent, giving Goodman a pretext to fire him. After leaving Goodman in the summer of 1941, Bernstein planned on heading to Los Angeles for work from New York. Before heading out though, he learned that Teddy Wilson's bassist Israel Crosby was forced to leave the band for Chicago and be inducted into the army. So Bernstein halted his own plans in order to fill in for Wilson for a week until he could hire a new bassist, Bernstein even giving his week's salary to Crosby. A noble gesture rarely seen in the industry at the time. Despite his fallout with Goodman, he won the Down Beat readers' poll in 1943. He later moved to Los Angeles and worked in the film industry for such companies as Universal Studios and Warner Bros., continuing to work for the latter organization until 1963. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 54. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 4, 1909 (Brooklyn), Died January 4, 1964 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 70 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-046031 | 10-in. | 12/26/1939 | Something to remember you by | Ziggy Elman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060331 | 10-in. | 1/16/1941 | Bugle call rag | Metronome All Star Band | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-060332 | 10-in. | 1/16/1941 | One o'clock jump | Metronome All Star Band | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-061560 | 10-in. | 8/27/1941 | Canción de amor | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | PBS-061562 | 10-in. | 8/27/1941 | Hay que saber perder | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | W152568 | 10-in. | 11/27/1933 | Your mother's son-in-law | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Billie Holiday ; Buck Washington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | W152650 | 10-in. | 12/18/1933 | Riffin' the scotch | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Brunswick | B21117 | 10-in. | 5/11/1937 | Sun showers | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Brunswick | B21118 | 10-in. | 5/11/1937 | Yours and mine | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Brunswick | B21119 | 10-in. | 5/11/1937 | I'll get by | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Brunswick | B21120 | 10-in. | 5/11/1937 | Mean to me | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Vocalion | 19971 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | A fine romance | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Vocalion | 19972 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | I can't pretend | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Vocalion | 19973 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | One, two, button your shoe | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Vocalion | 19974 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Let's call a heart a heart | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Decca | 38301 | 10-in. | 8/14/1934 | Heat wave | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38302 | 10-in. | 8/14/1934 | By heck | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38303 | 10-in. | 8/15/1934 | Stop, look and listen | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38304 | 10-in. | 8/15/1934 | I'm gettin' sentimental over you | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38307 | 10-in. | 8/15/1934 | Long may we love | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38308 | 10-in. | 8/15/1934 | Annie's Cousin Fanny | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38309 | 10-in. | 8/15/1934 | Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe | The Dorsey Brothers | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38320 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Valse bluette | Victor Young Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38321 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Tales from the Vienna woods, part 1 | Victor Young Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | 38322 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Tales from the Vienna woods, part 2 | Victor Young Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bernstein, Artie," accessed October 1, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110373.
Bernstein, Artie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 1, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110373.
"Bernstein, Artie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 October 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Artie Bernstein
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LCNAR: Bernstein, Artie, 1909-1964 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96058640
Wikidata: Artie Bernstein - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712435
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/44484337
MusicBrainz: Artie Bernstein - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f0b14362-c13d-4c44-a006-66e4729ebd7d
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