Sid Weiss

Weiss played bass for many of the top white jazz musicians of the '30s and '40s, including trumpeters Louis Prima, Bunny Berigan, and Wingy Manone; clarinetist Artie Shaw; trombonist Tommy Dorsey; saxophonist Charlie Barnet; and -- perhaps most notably -- Benny Goodman. In his youth, Weiss played violin, clarinet, and tuba; he made the change to bass as a teenager. He began playing in New York ...more