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Artie Barsamian: “King of Armenian Swing”
Antranig Mihran "Artie" Barsamian
Born: Aug. 23, 1928 South Boston, MA
Dies: Feb. 22, 2012 Boston, MA
Active years recording: 1949-1980s
Label Association: Gregart Records, Mihran Records, Kapp Records, Virgo Records, Fiesta, Standard-Colonial Records
As part of our ongoing series highlighting Armenian-American musicians from the postwar era, this profile features the recording career of Boston's own "King of Armenian Swing," Artie Barsamian.
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We are also celebrating the release of a book by clarinetist, musicologist, and educator Hachig Kazarian, Western Armenian Music: From Asia Minor to the United States(click here- available in the museum's bookstore.)
Mr.
Kazarian has generously allowed us to reproduce an excerpt from his new publication, providing an abridged version of the chapter dedicated to the Barsamian Orchestra. We have selected four songs to compliment the words of Mr.
Kazarian, representing the early years of the Ba