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In 1939, when band leader Tommy Dorsey decided he wanted a swing band, his first step was to hire Oliver as an arranger away from Lunceford for $5,000 more a year. [1] . Oliver then became one of the first African Americans with a prominent role in a white band when he joined Tommy Dorsey.
26. Juni 2001 · Lunceford Special: 1939-1940 by Jimmie Lunceford released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
31. Aug. 2023 · Sy Oliver was one of the most important arrangers of the swing era. A trumpeter, singer and arranger in Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra in the 1930s, Oliver was hired by Tommy Dorsey in 1939 to give the band a more authentic Savoy Ballroom sound. Oliver's good fortune came the following January when Frank Sinatra joined Dorsey and ...
Lunceford Special (1939-1940 Columbia Records recording) (78rpm 4-disc album set/8 songs/#C-175: 1948; original LP issue/12 songs/#CL-634: 1956; expanded LP reissue/16 songs/#CL-2715 and #CS-9515: 1967; CD release/22 songs/#CK-65647: 2001 Sony-Legacy )
Classics (11) – CLASSICS 565. Europe. 1991. Europe — 1991. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for 1939-1940 by Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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17. Nov. 2018 · The arrangement Sy Oliver wrote on “Swanee River” for Tommy Dorsey’s band in 1940 was not simply a revision of his 1935 Lunceford arrangement. Although a few elements of that earlier arrangement do survive in the later one, the differences are far more interesting than the similarities.
18. März 2020 · “The Lonesome Road” (1939) Jimmie Lunceford/Sy Oliver. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube. “The Lonesome Road” Composed by Gene Austin (words) and Nat Shilkret (music); arranged by Sy Oliver. Recorded by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra for Vocalion (*) on January 31, 1939 in New York.
