Sidney Arnandan or Arnondrin or Arnondin, better known as Sidney Arodin (March 29, 1901,
Westwego, Louisiana
Westwego is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in Jefferson Parish. It is a suburban community of New Orleans in the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area and lies along the west bank of the Mississippi River. The population of the ci ...
- February 6, 1948,
) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
clarinetist and songwriter, best known for co-writing the
pop standard
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"
Lazy River" with
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...
.
Arodin began playing clarinet at age 15 and played at local New Orleans gatherings and on
riverboat
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s. He made his way to
New York City
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and played with
Johnny Stein's New Orleans Jazz Band from 1922. He played with
Jimmy Durante in the middle of the decade, then returned to Louisiana to play with
Wingy Manone
Joseph Matthews "Wingy" Manone (February 13, 1900 – July 9, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader. His recordings included " Tar Paper Stomp", "Nickel in the Slot", "Downright Disgusted Blues", "There'll Come a ...
and
Sharkey Bonano
Joseph Gustaf "Sharkey" Bonano (April 9, 1904 – March 27, 1972), also known as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas, was an American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist. His musical abilities were sometimes overlooked because of his lo ...
. In the 1930s he worked with
Louis Prima
Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he forme ...
and with a reconstituted version of the
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK) were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early to mid-1920s. The band included New Orleans and Chicago musicians who helped shape Chicago jazz and influenced many younger jazz musicians.
History
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which also featured Manone. After 1941, Arodin's poor health prevented him from playing frequently live, but before this time he recorded with
Johnnie Miller,
Albert Brunies,
Monk Hazel
Arthur Frank Hazel (August 15, 1903, Harvey, Louisiana - March 5, 1968, New Orleans, Louisiana), better known as Monk Hazel, was a jazz drummer and cornetist.Rye, Howard; Barry Kernfeld."Hazel, Monk".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Pres ...
, and the
Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight. The oft-repeated claim that many of his performances are mistakenly credited on original recordings to
Charlie Cordella is unsubstantiated.
References
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Allmusic
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Sidney Arodinat Red Hot Jazz Archive
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1901 births
1948 deaths
American jazz clarinetists
Songwriters from Louisiana
20th-century American musicians
People from Westwego, Louisiana
Jazz musicians from Louisiana
Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight members