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Arthur "Art" Ryerson (May 22, 1913 – October 27, 2004) was a jazz guitarist who emerged in the 1930s, playing acoustic and electric guitar, as well as the banjo. He played with jazz orchestras and bands in the 1930s and the 1940s. In the early 1950s, he played on the early rock and roll recordings of Bill Haley, including the landmark 1953 recording of "Crazy Man, Crazy", which reached no.12 on the Billboard pop chart and no.11 on the Cashbox chart. He was very influential in the Brill Building music production scene. ==Career== Art Ryerson began playing the banjo in Columbus, Ohio before switching to the guitar. In the early 1930s he joined The Rhythm Jesters at Radio Station WLW. In 1935, he organized a quartet in New York and began appearing in Manhattan jazz clubs and at the famous Nick's Tavern in Greenwich Village. He typically played the Gibson Super 400 guitar. He was featured on the Columbia Saturday Night Swing Session and on ''The Fred Allen Show''. He played guitar in the live concert by the Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 25, 1938. In 1939, he joined the Paul Whiteman Orchestra as the guitarist in the Whiteman band and wrote the arrangements for Whiteman's Swinging Strings, Bouncing Brass, and Sax Soctette. In his arrangements for the Paul Whiteman Swinging Strings, Ryerson used four guitars. He also used multiple guitars on recordings by Peggy Lee and Frankie Laine. Ryerson joined the Raymond Scott Orchestra in the early 1940s and began soloing on the electric guitar. Ryerson was recruited into the U.S. Army during the Second World War. He became a Staff Sergeant in the 34th Special Services as a bandleader. His army band performed for U.S. troops in England, France, and Belgium. He was the first electric guitarist to perform and tour with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under the direction of James Levine. In 1975, he toured the Soviet Union as part of a program organized by the U.S. State Department. Art Ryerson died in 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Art Ryerson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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