The last great musician and (1)______of what has been called the "Big Band Era".His music sold(2)_____. He was bon in New York City in (3)_____. His parents were (4)______from Eastern Europe. At the age of (5)______, he began to play the (6)_______and then the clarinet. He began working as a professional musician when he was(7)______. He left home and began piaying in bands across the United States. In (8)______, young Artie Shaw travaled to Chicago,Illinois to hear the great trumpet player,Louis Armstrong. He became interested in (9)______.In nineteen thirty-six, he was given a chance to form (10)_______and play at New York's famous theater on Broadway.