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25. Dez. 2018 · Tommy Dorsey was born November 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, a little less than 21 months after his brother Jimmy. He was taught trumpet by his father who also gave lessons on the instrument to Jimmy. While TD would switch his main focus to trombone by the mid-1920s, he occasionally recorded on trumpet during that decade (although rarely in later years), creating a primitive but ...
31. Dez. 2022 · Jimmy Dorsey was born Feb. 29, 1904 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, 21 months before the arrival of brother Tommy. Their father, while he was a coal miner by day, was also a strict music teacher and a local bandleader. Both brothers were started on the slide trumpet when they were five. By the time he was seven, Jimmy Dorsey was playing cornet in his father’s band at the local Catholic Church ...
31. Dez. 2005 · A major big band leader is the subject of a new book: Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way. With his brother Jimmy, Dorsey helped define American popular music from the 1920s through the mid 1950s.
1. Feb. 2001 · Jimmy left Whiteman's group and freelanced around playing with Red Nichols. In 1933 Jimmy and younger brother Tommy formed their famous Dorsey Brothers Orchestra which included drummer Ray McKinley, trombonist Glenn Miller and singer Bob Crosby. By 1935, continued feuding between the two brothers led to a break-up of the band. In 1938 Jimmy ...
Jimmy’s musical training began when he was a young boy in Pennsylvania. Along with his brother Tommy, the talented young musicians joined Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra and at the same time they were recording many records under the billing “The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra”. Their band continued through the early thirties until a dispute over a tempo of a song separated the brothers for decades.
Both Dorsey brothers' bands had big hits during the 'Rock Era'. Tommy's band under the direction of Warren Covington scored with 'Tea For Two Cha Cha' Jimmy ...
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Jimmy Dorsey. Actor: I Dood It. Legendary saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer ("I'm Glad There Is You" and "Contrasts" [his theme]), educated in public schools and a cornet student of his father. Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother, Tommy Dorsey ...
