(CBS11) - Tommy Dorsey was one of the most prolific big band musicians and orchestra leaders from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. Born on November 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, PA he was the second of four ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Tommy Dorsey's birthday today! Trombonist Thomas “Tommy" Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the younger brother of famed jazz clarinetist, Jimmy Dorsey. In ...

If you’re going to swing, do so with the group that built its reputation as one of the premiere big bands of the 20th Century. Add in a guest vocalist capturing the voices of some of the female ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A lot has been written about Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, musicians and bandleaders who soared from ...

Buddy Morrow (a.k.a. Muni Zudekoff), big band era trombonist (with a mastery of the upper range), hit-making recording artist, studio musician and most notably, bandleader of The Tommy Dorsey ...

The story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, two brothers who rise to be jazz/swing bandleaders. Fictionalized biographical film tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Raised in a Pennsylvania coal-mining ...

Note: This story and headline were updated to clarify when Frank Sinatra left the band and who replaced him as singer. My recent column on Red’s Kettle Inn has sparked a number of readers helping with ...

Many people today have no memory of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. But back in the days of swing they were right up there in popularity on the Big Band stages with Glenn Miller and other stars. They even ...

Torrington >> The Warner Theatre will present the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the main theatre Sunday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. According to its website, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is recognized as one of the ...

No musician evokes the Big Band era more than Tommy Dorsey. Drawing on new research and scores of interviews with musicians who knew him, Peter Levinson has written a new biography on the seminal ...