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 ...
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 ...
In Big Band history, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is recognized as one of the best all-around dance bands. It could swing with the best of them, and no other band could come close to Tommy’s when it ...
A lot has been written about Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, musicians and bandleaders who soared from Shenandoah into musical immortality during the big band era. Together, and separately, the often feuding ...
GENESEO — Swing and dance enthusiasts will have a chance to travel back in time and hear the sounds and rhythm of the World War II-era big bands when The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra performs Sept. 20 in ...
When your drumming career begins at age 19 in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, playing for jazz legends like Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Count Basie, it’s more than a great start. To perform with Ella ...
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 ...
To kick off the summer properly, Coral Gables Congregational Church (CGCC) is pushing nightly bingo aside for bigger and better things. Beginning June 1, CGCC, through its Community Arts Program (CAP) ...