(1913-05-16)May 16, 1913 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died
October 29, 1987(1987-10-29) (aged 74) West Hollywood, California, U.S.
Genres
Big band
swing
cool jazz
Occupation(s)
Bandleader
musician
Instrument(s)
Vocalist
clarinet
alto saxophone
soprano saxophone
Musical artist
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his death in 1987. His bands often played music that was cutting edge and experimental; their recordings received numerous Grammy nominations.
a deep love for show business and this influenced Woody at an early age. As a child, WoodyHerman worked as a singer and tap-dancer in vaudeville, then...
playing clarinet as a child and took his stage name from clarinetist WoodyHerman. He has performed publicly at least since the late 1960s, including with...
WoodyHerman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and...
arranger. She began her career as a vibraphonist in the 1940s, playing with WoodyHerman (from 1944 to 1945), the Hip Chicks (1945), Mary Lou Williams (1946)...
designer. He played trumpet for the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson, WoodyHerman, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Charles, and Harry Connick Jr. The youngest of...
his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with WoodyHerman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time...
2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played with the big bands of WoodyHerman and Stan Kenton and worked in the studios of the recording and television...
2014) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer who was a member of WoodyHerman's band from 1941 to 1943. She led her own band in 1943. At the end of...
Woody Allen has acted in, directed, and written many films starting in the 1960s. His first film was the 1965 comedy What's New Pussycat?, which featured...
Segovia 1987 Roy Acuff Benny Carter Enrico Caruso Ray Charles Fats Domino WoodyHerman Billie Holiday B.B. King Isaac Stern Igor Stravinsky Arturo Toscanini...
lead trumpet with Maynard Ferguson in 1958, Stan Kenton in 1959, and WoodyHerman's Thundering Herd during the 1960s. One of Chase's charts from this period...
on November 21, 1941, but dropped to #21 the next week, then off. The WoodyHerman recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 4030 in October...
Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to WoodyHerman, beginning the latter's 50-year career as a bandleader. The song is often...
Bing Crosby Tommy Dorsey Victor Feldman The Four Freshmen Eydie Gorme WoodyHerman Earl Hines Harry James Ben E. King Steve Lawrence Billy May Glenn Miller...
Nat Towles. He composed and arranged while working as a trumpeter for WoodyHerman providing the bandleader with versions of "Woodchopper's Ball" and "Blowin'...
Percussion (1958) RCA Victor Herman's Heat & Puente's Beat! with WoodyHerman (1958) Everest (reissued in 2001 as Herman Meets Puente) Dance Mania (1958)...
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