Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven: The Music Goes Round and Round. From: National Review | Date: March 16, 1992| Author: De Toledano, Ralph | COPYRIGHT 1992 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven: The Music Goes Round and Round (BMG/Bluebird 3140-2-RB). Like Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey sentimentalized and watered down the jazz elements in his style. But his technique on the trombone was superlative--"He almost makes it sound like a violin," one jazz musician said to me at the time--and he had some very fine sidemen: Bud Freeman, Max Kaminsky, and the greatest of all white ...