How to Pronounce Sidney Arodin
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Mar 29, 1901 Louisiana, United States Died on 06 Feb 1948 (aged 46)
American musician
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About Sidney Arodin
- Sidney Arnandan or Arnondrin or Arnondin, better known as Sidney Arodin (March 29, 1901, Westwego, Louisiana - February 6, 1948, New Orleans) was an American jazz clarinetist and songwriter, best known for co-writing the pop standard "Lazy River" with Hoagy Carmichael.Arodin began playing clarinet at age 15 and played at local New Orleans gatherings and on riverboats.
- He made his way to New York City 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 and Sharkey Bonano.
- In the 1930s he worked with Louis Prima and with a reconstituted version of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings 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, and the Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight.
- Many of his performances are mistakenly credited on original recordings to Charlie Cordella.
