Tommy Dorsey
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Thomas Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and is the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey.
He worked with many bands in the New York City area starting in the 1920s, including the bands of Rudy Vallee, Vincent Lopez, and Paul Whiteman. With brother Jimmy, he led the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra until they split up (with some acrimony) in 1935. The brothers also appeared as session musicians on many jazz recordings.
Tommy Dorsey formed his own band, which was very successful, scoring 137 Billboard chart hits. His best-known song was I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, which showcases his high range and smooth legato style and earned him the nickname “the sentimental gentleman of swing.”
The band featured trumpeters Bunny Berigan and Charlie Shavers, arranger Sy Oliver, and singers Jo Stafford, Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra achieved his first great success as a vocalist in the Dorsey band and claimed he learned breath control from watching Dorsey play trombone. Dorsey said his trombone style was heavily influenced by that of Jack Teagarden, and Dorsey himself influenced trombonists including Urbie Green.
“He would take a musical phrase and play it all the way through seemingly without breathing for eight, ten, maybe sixteen bars. How in the hell did he do it? I used to sit behind him on the bandstand and watch, trying to see him sneak a breath… I discovered he had a ‘sneak’ pinhole in the corner of his mouth — not an actual pinhole, but a tiny place where he was breathing .
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Tommy Dorsey and His Greatest Band
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A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey (disc 1)
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Bye-ya
Born 107 years ago today. His music lives on!
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EdwardJamesT
Frank Sinatra owe to this man in his early carreer :)
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mahtness
super win.
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Luchiojeans
http://www.lastfm.es/group/Live%2BLike%2BIn%2BThe%2B50%2527s%2B%2526%2B60%2527s
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drippz
candy to my ear
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pone2none
one of the fathers of swing!!!
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VanNostran
Fantastic Swing-My Dad had this one on an old college 78 RPM and I wore it out before I knew what it was all about.
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Bram_F.
legend!
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bicknor
Could even be a 'magnum opus'!
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SlyKupopoo
I heard this song in an elevator once, was snapping my fingers to the top!
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duomosik
If you like this kind of music you should problably check out our new album JOHANN! Full length previews and a free download! Bon swing!
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SYL2Oh
Tromboniste influenced by the new-Orleans pioneers, he also headed one of the most popular bands of white swing!
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pi4630
I got to know Tommy Dorsey from Allen's Radio Days OST. Love the movie, love the music, love the era!
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Ferricry
i'm getting sentimental over you, tommy!
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http://www.last.fm/group/Glenn%20Miller Glenn Miller! Do I have to say more?
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leg-end
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