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As a child, Woody Herman worked as a singer and tap-dancer in vaudeville, then started to play the clarinet and saxophone by age 12. [6] In 1931 he met Charlotte Neste, an aspiring actress; [7] the couple married on September 27, 1936. [8] Woody Herman joined the Tom Gerun band and his first recorded vocals were "Lonesome Me" and "My Heart's at ...
Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd", Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s.
Oct 25, 2024 · Woody Herman was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, bandleader, and singer who was best known as the front man for a succession of bands he dubbed “herds.” Herman was a child prodigy who sang and danced in vaudeville at age six.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- For The Record…
- The Evolution of The Herd
- Kept His Personality in The Background
- Difficult Times in The 1960s and 1970s
- Selected Discography
- Sources
Born Woodrow Charles Thomas Herman, May 16, 1913, in Milwaukee, WI; died of congestive heart failure, emphysema, and pneumonia, October 29,1987, in Los Angeles, CA; father was a shoemaker, mother’s name, Martha; married Charlotte Neste, September 21, 1936; children: Ingrid. Performed as a child in dramatic and musical acts in the Great Lakes region...
By the early 1940s, recordings and newspaper advertisements were calling the Band That Plays the Blues the Woody Herman Band, and around 1944, it became widely known as Woody Herman’s Herd, the name by which Metronomejazz critic George T. Simon had been referring to it since the early 1940s. The Herd became tremendously popular during World War II....
Herman was different from many other bandleaders of the day—such as Benny Goodman, Harry James, or Artie Shaw—because he never made himself the star attraction of the band. Herman, who played alto saxophone, clarinet, and sang some of the group’s numbers, was never as strong a soloist as Goodman, James, or Shaw, and preferred to let the other membe...
While the Thundering Herd was successful, Herman’s own life became progressively more difficult. In the early 1960s he took on a business manager, who was a chronic gambler and so mishandled Herman’s finances that a few years later, Herman learned that he owed the Internal Revenue Service 1.6 million dollars. Herman worked the rest of his life to p...
World Class, Concord Jazz, 1982. 50th Anniversary Tour, Concord Jazz, 1987. The 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert, Bluebird, 1988. The Thundering Herds, 1945-1947, Columbia Jazz Masterpieces, 1988. The Third Herd: “Early Autumn,” Discovery, 1988. The Best of the Decca Years, MCA, 1988. Woody Herman, Verve, 1988. Woody and Friends, Concord Jazz...
Books
Herman, Woody, and Stuart Troup, The Woodchopper’s Ball: The Autobiography of Woody Herman,Dutton, 1990. Simon, George T., The Big Bands,Schirmer Books, 1981.
Periodicals
American Scholar,summer 1989. Atlantic,April 1986. Billboard,November 14, 1987. Down Beat,November 1986; February 1988. —Joyce Harrison
May 16, 2013 · Woody Herman, who would have turned 100 on Thursday, bloomed early and late — and then later still. He turned pro by age 9, singing and dancing in movie theaters on summer vacation.
- Kevin Whitehead
Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Vocalist, Bandleader, Composer. (1913 - 1987) Woody Herman was a child performer and singer who took up alto saxophone and became a professional musician in his teens, adding clarinet and soprano sax to his arsenal.
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Woody Herman (1913–87) Woodrow (‘Woody’) Charles Herman was a clarinettist, saxophonist, singer and big band leader of groups called The Herd, known for the up-and-coming musicians he employed.
