Search results for "Tommy Dorsey"

Tommy Dorsey (featuring Frank Sinatra): How Do You Do Without Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 15, 08

Virtually all of Sinatra’s 83 studio sides recoded with Tommy Dorsey for RCA from February 1940 to June 1942 are towe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FRANK SINATRA FOR JAZZ LOVERS

           Frank Sinatra, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Ed...

Tommy Dorsey: Lonesome Road (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 25, 09

Early in his career, while writing arrangements for local bands near his home in Rumson, New Jersey, Bill Finega...

Tommy Dorsey: Jammin' (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

“Jammin’,” an undeservedly obscure offering from Dorsey’s pre-Sy Oliver band, opens compellingly with Dorsey’s gruff,...

Tommy Dorsey: Song of India (Rating: 73/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Rimsky-Korsakov's 1898 opera Sadko depicts a Russian harpist who deserts wife and home for foreign adventure. During ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ EXOTICA

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Bix Beiderbecke: Davenport Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 13, 07

This is Bix’s first recording under his own name and includes musicians from the Jean Goldkette Orchestra, an organiz...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Happy-Rose Orchestra: Get Happy (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

Hit of the Week was a flexible one-sided record sold at newsstands for 15¢ beginning in early 1930. By summer, sales ...

Mildred Bailey: Shoutin' In That Amen Corner (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

After her stint with Paul Whiteman, Mildred Bailey moved on to sing with the other great bands of her day, including ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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The Boswell Sisters: Shout, Sister, Shout (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 19, 07

In his book Jazz Singing (1990), Will Friedwald calls The Boswell Sisters "the greatest of all jazz vocal groups." Pr...

Boswell Sisters: Shuffle Off To Buffalo (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

“Shuffle Off To Buffalo” was one of three Busby Berkeley song-and-dance productions in the film 42nd Street, released...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

Hoagy Carmichael & Bix Beiderbecke: Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Records hardly get stranger than this. An integrated, all-star cast convenes to record a tune most of them thought wa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

No other Jazz Age singer rivaled her versatility. Combining the tony diction of London's posh Mayfair salons (althoug...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STORMY WEATHER

Ethel Waters induced "Stormy Weather" in 1933 at the Cotton Club, an oasis of prosperity in Depression- era Harlem wh...

Dorsey, Tommy (Thomas Francis Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia June 16, 09

Tommy Dorsey was one of the first jazz trombonists to convey meaning and intention with every note he played. Best kn...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Buddy DeFranco posted in Features and Interviews October 16, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

Rich, Buddy (Bernard) posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09

Drummer Buddy Rich's combined his dexterous use of difficult rhythmic devices with an ability to accompany any melody...

Tough, Dave (David Jarvis) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

As a teen, drummer Dave "Davey" Tough literally sat at the feet of Baby Dodds in Joe "King" Oliver's band at Chicago'...

Lives of the Great Trombonists posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 13, 09

A few days ago, one of the music discussion forums mulled over whether the trombone is dead. The topic was hotly d...

Mole, Miff (Irving Milfred) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Miff Mole was one of the first to bring the tailgate style of Kid Ory and other New Orleans trombonists to his hometo...

Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 05, 09

Jazz.com published its 6,000th article yesterday—a total which includes more than 4,000 track reviews contributed by...

Remembering Bill Finegan (1917-2008) posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 08, 08

Jeff Sultanof is a regular contributor to jazz.com, who periodically enriches our site with his deep appreciation...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

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