Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - The Music Goes Round And Round

Styles: Swing
Year: 2007
Time: 54:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 124,4 MB
Art: Front

(54:17) 1. Full Album

The Music Goes Round And Round

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Tommy Dorsey - Music Maestro Please!

Styles: Swing, Big Band
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:53
Size: 66,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:53) 1. Music Maestro Please
(2:33) 2. A Tisket A Tasket
(3:09) 3. Boogie Woogie
(3:17) 4. Symphony In Riffs
(2:26) 5. Sheik Of Araby
(2:37) 6. I'll See You In My Dreams
(2:37) 7. Shine On Harvest Moon
(3:02) 8. Chinatown My Chinatown
(2:52) 9. Sweet Sue Just You
(3:22) 10. Washboard Blues

Though he might have been ranked second at any given moment to Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, or Harry James, Tommy Dorsey was overall the most popular bandleader of the swing era that lasted from 1935 to 1945. His remarkably melodic trombone playing was the signature sound of his orchestra, but he successfully straddled the hot and sweet styles of swing with a mix of ballads and novelty songs. He provided showcases to vocalists like Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Jo Stafford, and he employed inventive arrangers such as Sy Oliver and Bill Finegan. He was the biggest-selling artist in the history of RCA Victor Records, one of the major labels, until the arrival of Elvis Presley, who was first given national exposure on the 1950s television show he hosted with his brother Jimmy.

Dorsey was 21 months younger than Jimmy and thus the second son of Thomas Francis Dorsey, Sr., a music teacher and band director, and Theresa Langton Dorsey. Both brothers received musical instruction from their father. Tommy focused on the trombone, though he also played trumpet, especially early in his career. The brothers played in local groups, then formed their own band, Dorsey's Novelty Six, in 1920. By 1922, when they played an engagement at a Baltimore amusement park and made their radio debut, they were calling the group Dorsey's Wild Canaries. During the early and mid-'20s, they played in a series of bands including the Scranton Sirens, the California Ramblers, and orchestras led by Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, sometimes apart, but usually together. Eventually, they settled in New York and worked as session musicians. In 1927, they began recording as the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra for OKeh Records, using pickup bands, and they first reached the charts with "Coquette" in June 1928. In the spring of 1929, they scored a Top Ten hit with "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)," which featured Bing Crosby on vocals.

The Dorseys finally organized a full-time band and signed to Decca Records in 1934. Hiring Bing Crosby's younger brother Bob Crosby as their vocalist, they scored a Top Ten hit with "I Believe in Miracles" in the late winter of 1935, quickly followed by "Tiny Little Fingerprints" (vocal by Kay Weber) and "Night Wind" (vocal by Bob Crosby). They then enjoyed successive number one hits with "Lullaby of Broadway" (vocal by Bob Crosby) and "Chasing Shadows" (vocal by Bob Eberly, Bob Crosby's replacement). The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra was poised to become the biggest band in the country in the spring of 1935 and might have been remembered for launching the swing era, but at the end of May the brothers, whose relationship was always volatile, disagreed, and Tommy left the band (which nevertheless scored another Top Ten hit with "Every Little Movement" that summer). Jimmy Dorsey continued to lead the band, which eventually was billed as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra and went on to considerable success. But while the Dorseys stumbled, Benny Goodman achieved national success and was dubbed "the King of Swing."

Tommy Dorsey took over the remnants of the Joe Haymes band in founding his own orchestra in the fall of 1935. Signing to RCA Victor Records, he scored an immediate success with "On Treasure Island" (vocal by Edythe Wright), which topped the charts in December 1935, one of four Dorsey records to peak in the Top Ten before the end of the year. Dorsey was back at number one in January 1936 with "The Music Goes Round and Round" (vocal by Edythe Wright) and topped the charts again in February with "Alone" (vocal by Cliff Weston). "You" (vocal by Edythe Wright) gave him his third number one in 1936, to which can be added eight other Top Ten hits during the year. Dorsey was even more successful in 1937, a year in which he scored 18 Top Ten hits, among them the chart-toppers "Marie" (vocal by Jack Leonard), "Satan Takes a Holiday" (an instrumental), "The Big Apple," "Once in a While," and "The Dipsy Doodle" (vocal by Edythe Wright). Dorsey earned his own radio series, which ran for nearly three years. His 15 Top Ten hits in 1938 included the number one "Music, Maestro, Please" (vocal by Edythe Wright), and he had another 11 Top Ten hits in 1939, among them "Our Love" (vocal by Jack Leonard), which hit number one.
More....By William Ruhlmann https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-dorsey-mn0000934072/biography

Music Maestro Please!

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Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey - Swingin' In Hollywood

Styles: Jazz, Swing, Big Band
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:14
Size: 176,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:13)  1. We'll Get It
(2:53)  2. Song Of India
(5:52)  3. So Long, Sarah Jane
(3:28)  4. If I Had You
(3:19)  5. Thunder And Blazes
(3:52)  6. Katie Went To Hati
(3:17)  7. Hawaiian War Chant
(2:38)  8. You Dear
(3:52)  9. One O'Clock Jump
(2:50) 10. Noche De Ronda
(3:06) 11. Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet
(2:58) 12. I Know Its Wrong
(2:29) 13. Battle Of The Balcony Jive
(3:23) 14. I Should Care
(3:01) 15. National Emblem March
(3:16) 16. John Silver
(3:16) 17. The Guy With The Slide Trombone
(3:25) 18. Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!
(5:06) 19. Star Eyes
(5:26) 20. Fascinating Rhythm
(3:23) 21. Opus One

Although credited to the Dorsey Brothers, this is not a collection of collaborations or duets, just an anthology of tracks that one or the other of the brothers filmed and recorded for MGM soundtracks in 1942-1945. It's actually much more weighted toward Tommy (who has 13 of the 21 sides) than Jimmy; it's mostly instrumental, but vocalists like Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Nancy Walker are featured on some of the selections. The sound is good, and as a dozen of the items were previously unreleased (with 13 appearing for the first time in stereo), Dorsey collectors will consider this indispensable. For the more general fan, it's not the first place to get acquainted with their work, but it's quite respectable early-'40s swing. In general, it's more effective the harder and faster it swings  as on Jimmy's extended version of "One O'Clock Jump," and Tommy's "Battle of the Balcony Jive" and "Opus One"  and the less it resembles movie musicals.~ Richie Unterberger https://www.allmusic.com/album/swingin-in-hollywood-mw0000599571

Swingin'In Hollywood

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Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey - Frank Sinatra With Tommy Dorsey: Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 45:08

Size: 103.3 MB

Styles: Vocal, Big band

Year: 2013

Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Night And Day

[3:11] 2. I'm Getting Sentimental

[3:14] 3. Once In A While

[3:18] 4. East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon

[3:43] 5. The Things I Love

[3:00] 6. Hear My Song Violetta

[2:57] 7. Whispering

[2:15] 8. Marie

[2:10] 9. I Hear A Rapsody

[2:53] 10. How About You

[3:10] 11. Stardust

[2:54] 12. I Think Of You

[3:07] 13. I'll Never Smile Again

[3:00] 14. Our Love Affair

[3:10] 15. Fools Rush In

In 1939, Frank Sinatra scored his very first success, "All Or Nothing At All," with trumpeter Harry James' Orchestra. The following year the young singer began an extraordinary two year apprenticeship with the much classier Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, a regimen which taught him everything he needed to know about musical taste and judgement if not popular adulation. Make no mistake, however; from the beginning, through sheer dint of will, Sinatra managed to make his time with the master trombonist and bandleader a collaboration of musical equals.

Milestone recordings like "Stardust," "I'll Be Seeing You," "I'll Never Smile Again," "Everything Happens To Me" et al are both big band classics and the beginning of a new age of romantic popular singing. No male singer had ever gone as far as Sinatra did in exploring the tender feelings expressed in these songs, in identifying so completely with a given song's meaning. It was a revolution in popular sensibility that we are still living through several decades later. ~AMG

Frank Sinatra With Tommy Dorsey Greatest Hits

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Tommy Dorsey - The Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing (Original Songs Remastered)

Size: 281,4 MB
Time: 120:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz: Big Band, Swing
Art: Front

01. It's Right Here For You (3:05)
02. Lovely Lady (3:06)
03. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:24)
04. After You've Gone (2:57)
05. Sleep (2:47)
06. Three Moods (2:56)
07. You (2:47)
08. Alone (3:33)
09. Head Over Heels In Love (2:45)
10. You Can't Cheat A Cheater (2:56)
11. For Sentimental Reasons (3:22)
12. Ja Da (2:22)
13. One Night In Monte Carlo (3:04)
14. Tiger Rag (2:49)
15. Weary Blues (3:18)
16. Just A Simple Melody (2:38)
17. Got A Bran' New Suit (2:26)
18. Barcarolle (2:55)
19. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (2:46)
20. Weary (3:13)
21. You Are My Lucky Star (3:38)
22. I Picked A Flower The Color Of Your Eyes (3:25)
23. Another Perfect Night Is Ending (2:59)
24. I've Got A Note (2:46)
25. Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes (2:42)
26. Close To Me (3:05)
27. Maple Leaf Rag (2:32)
28. Two Hearts Carved On A Lonesome Pine (3:12)
29. Down With Love (2:45)
30. Love Will Live On (3:22)
31. The Day I Let You Get Away (2:51)
32. Hymn To The Sun (2:38)
33. Please Believe Me (3:10)
34. Tea On The Terrace (2:48)
35. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (3:35)
36. I'm Shooting High (2:37)
37. It's Written In The Stars (3:28)
38. Pagan Star (3:23)
39. I'm In A Dancing Mood (2:47)
40. Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle (3:21)

Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. Although he was not known for being a notable soloist, his technical skill on the trombone gave him renown amongst other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey.

The Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing

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