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Jimmy Dorsey

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jimmy Dorsey (James Francis Dorsey), 1904-57, and his brother Tommy Dorsey (Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr.), 1905-1956, both b. Shenandoah, Pa., American jazz musicians and bandleaders during the Big Band era. Jimmy Dorsey played the clarinet and alto saxophone, his brother the trombone. Toward the beginning of their careers in the late 1920s both were part of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, and by the early 1930s both were successful pick-up and studio musicians. The two briefly had two bands together, the swing group of 1933-35 and another from 1953-56. Most of the time, however, each had... Read more
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey As the leader of one of the most popular...and a skilled saxophone jazz soloist, Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) became famous. With or without...nightclubs and in the motion picturebusiness. Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania on... Read more
Tommy Dorsey
orig. Thomas Dorsey (born Nov. 19, 1905, Shenandoah, Pa., U.S.—died Nov. 26, 1956, Greenwich, Conn.) U.S. trombonist and band leader. Dorsey led the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra from 1934 with his brother, saxophonist and clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey (1904–57); they later separated to lead ... Read more

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