Biography
Legendary clarinetist, composer ("At the Woodchoppers' Ball"), singer and bandleader (the Thundering Herd(s) ), educated at Marquette University. He was a clarinetist in the orchestras of Joey Lichter, Harry Sosnik, Gus Arnheim, and Indiana Jones, then formed his own orchestra, appearing in hotels, theatres and ballrooms. He toured Europe in 1954, Europe, and Latin America in 1958 (under the auspices of the US State Department), and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Chubby Jackson and Ralph Burns, and his other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Apple Honey", "Goosey Gander", "Northwest Passage", "River Bed Blues", "Blues on Parade", "Blowin' Up a Storm", "Music by the Moon", "Early Autumn", "A Kiss Goodnight", "Your Father's Moustache", "Wild Root", "I Remember Duke", and "Misty Morning".
Filmography
Cast Credits
Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait of a Jazz Legend
Character:
MOVIE • 2012
Jazz Icons: Woody Herman Live in '64
Character:
MOVIE • 2009
Louis Prima: The Wildest!
Character: Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1999
Woody Herman's Swinging Herd live in England
Character: Clarinettiste
MOVIE • 1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Character: Self
TV • 1963
The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
TV • 1961
The Bell Telephone Hour
Character: Self
TV • 1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self - Bandleader
TV • 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
TV • 1957
Winter Meeting
Character: Leader - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
MOVIE • 1948
Rhapsody in Wood
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1947
New Orleans
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1947
Sensations of 1945
Character: Woody Herman
MOVIE • 1944
Wintertime
Character: Himself (leader, Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
MOVIE • 1943
What's Cookin'?
Character: Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader
MOVIE • 1942
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Character:
MOVIE • 1938
Crew
