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Artie Shaw
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He is also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings.
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Benny Goodman
In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."
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Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer. With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz trumpet/cornet soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the Blues" (1927) and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (1927), in particular, demonstrated an unusual purity of tone and a gift for improvisation. Especially these two recordings helped to invent the jazz ballad style and hinted at what, in the 1950s, would become cool jazz. "In a Mist" (1927), one of a handful of his piano compositions but the only one he recorded, mixed classical influences with jazz syncopation. Beiderbecke has also been credited for his influence, directly, on Bing Crosby and, indirectly, via saxophonist Frank Trumbauer, on Lester Young.
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Bob Eberly
Bob Eberly (July 24, 1916 - November 17, 1981) was a big band vocalist. He was born in Mechanicville, New York and was the brother of another well-known big-band singer, Ray Eberle. (He changed the spelling of his last name because of mispronunciation by Milton Berle's announcer.) He is known for singing with Jimmy Dorsey's band and is most well-known for singing "Green Eyes," one of a number of songs that were revived because of a songwriters' strike. Many people thought that he would end up marrying Helen O'Connell because of the way they sang the song "Green Eyes". His sisters include Patricia Knapp, Margaret Rimkunas, Gail Himes & Jackie Cardilli, all of Bradenton, Florida. A brother, Alfred J. Eberle, lives in their childhood home in Hoosick Falls, N.Y.
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Charlie Parker
Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), famously called Bird, or Yardbird was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
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Dick Stabile (May 29, 1909, Newark - September 18, 1980, New Orleans) was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
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Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
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Frankie Trumbauer
Orie Frank ("Frankie" or "Tram") Trumbauer (May 30, 1901 – June 11, 1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s. He played C-melody saxophone, which in size is between an alto and tenor saxophone. He also played alto saxophone, bassoon, clarinet and several other instruments.
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Helen O'Connell
'''Helen O'Connell''' (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and dancer.
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Herb Ellis
Mitchell Herbert "Herb" Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist. Perhaps best known for his 1950's membership in the trio of pianist Oscar Peterson, Ellis was also a staple of west-coast studio recording sessions, and was described by critic Scott Yannow as "an excellent bop-based guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound."
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Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, especially by his character Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners, a situation-comedy television series. His most noted film roles were as Minnesota Fats in the drama film The Hustler (1961) starring Paul Newman, and as Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit movie series.
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Jerome Levitch, March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, radio, screen, recording and television. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. As an innovative filmmaker, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
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Jimmy Van Heusen
Jimmy Van Heusen (January 26, 1913 - February 7, 1990), was an American composer. He wrote songs mainly for films and television (but also for the theater), and won four Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and an Emmy.
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Larry Clinton
Larry Clinton (August 17, 1909 – May 2, 1985) was a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader.
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Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was born in New York, to an Austrian immigrant family. He was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive (A&R; man), and music director (Victor, RKO and MGM).
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Skeets Herfurt
Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt (born May 28, 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio - died April 17, 1992 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
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Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke (born Joseph Francis Burke; March 22, 1914, Scranton, Pennsylvania – May 31, 1980) was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors.
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Ted Lewis (musician)
Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis (June 6, 1892 – August 25, 1971), was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public. He was known by the moniker "Mr. Entertainment" or Ted "Is Everybody Happy?" Lewis.
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Hollywood
Hollywood is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California - situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of American cinema, and is often interchangeably used to refer to the greater Los Angeles area in general. The nicknames StarStruck Town and Tinseltown refer to Hollywood and its movie industry. Today, much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as the Westside neighborhood, but significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production, and lighting companies remain in Hollywood, as does the backlot of Paramount Pictures.
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Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. In 2009, the population was estimated at 50,208 and the surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 174,300 in 2009. Although often believed to be named for ragtime composer Scott Joplin who lived in Sedalia, Missouri, Joplin is actually named for the Reverend Harris Joplin, the founder of the area's first Methodist congregation. Joplin was established in 1873 and expanded significantly from the wealth created by the mining of zinc, its growth faltering after World War II when the price of the mineral collapsed. The city gained additional renown as one of the stops on the historic Route 66.
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United States
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Dorsey, Jimmy Filmography
- This Is Elvis (1981)
- Jazz Ball (1956)
- Stage Show (1954)
- The Dorsey Brothers' Encore (1953)
- Varieties (1952)
- Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
- Music Man (1948)
- Catalina Interlude (1948)
- The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
- Headline Bands (1946)
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
- Hollywood Canteen (1944)
- I Dood It (1943)
- The Fleet's In (1942)
- Birth of the Blues (1941)
- You Leave Me Breathless (1938)
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938)
- That Girl from Paris (1936)
- Mirrors (1934)
- Mirrors (1934)
A clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader, he appeared with his own orchestra in a few films of the 40's but is much better remembered for his band's recordings - like "Green Eyes" and "Tangerine" (both of them sung by 'Helen O'Connell' and Bob Eberly).
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Born: 1904-02-29
Died: 1957-06-12
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Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra - Tangerine
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- Duration: 3:11
- Published: 27 Jun 2009
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
From "The Fleet's In" (1942) Vocals by Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberly
http://wn.com/Jimmy_Dorsey's_Orchestra__Tangerine
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra - Man, That's Groovy
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- Duration: 2:43
- Published: 27 Oct 2006
- Updated: 06 Apr 2012
with girl singer Helen O'Connell
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Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra 1940
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- Duration: 1:40
- Published: 25 Oct 2009
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
Well, Git It - Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey & Charlie Shavers (Trumpet)
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- Duration: 2:00
- Published: 17 Sep 2009
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
A knock out version of Well, Git It, with the great Charlie Shavers trumpet and nice clarinet work from Jimmy Dorsey from the 1950's
http://wn.com/Well,_Git_It__Tommy_Jimmy_Dorsey_Charlie_Shavers_Trumpet
JD's Boogie Woogie By Jimmy Dorsey
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- Duration: 2:48
- Published: 25 Nov 2008
- Updated: 14 Apr 2012
Jimmy Dorsey was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter and big band leader. Along with brother Tommy they formed the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, but split in 1935, each with his own band. He had numerous big hits in the 30s-50s, several featuring vocalists Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell. In 1953 he again combined with Tommy Dorsey with the renamed band "The Fabulous Dorseys". His recording of So Rare, released in 1957, reached #2 on the Billboard chart. This selection, also released in 1957, was the flip side of June Night, which also hit the Billboard chart.
http://wn.com/JD's_Boogie_Woogie_By_Jimmy_Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & Chorus - So Rare (Original)
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- Duration: 2:36
- Published: 27 Dec 2010
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
The Big Band Era had already ended and Rock and Roll was here to stay when this tune went all the way to #2 in April of 1957. This was the swan song of the Big Band Era, one last time in the Top Ten, and for a man well-identified with those times, Jimmy Dorsey. Ironically Jimmy Dorsey died just two months after this recording had risen to such lofty heights in 1957.
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So Rare-Jimmy Dorsey-1957
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- Duration: 2:41
- Published: 19 Feb 2010
- Updated: 14 Apr 2012
My Grandpa Wants His Jimmy Dorsey. Left Over From My Last Channel. I Always Loved This Record. Almost Got To Number One. It Just Has It. I Can Never Forget " So Rare ". It Rocks. I Swear That Alto Sax Goes Into The Territory Of Rock Sometimes. This Is Funky. I Heard This On A 1987 KRTH Top Of The Pops Weekend. They Were Doing 1957 And " So Rare " Came On. And I Said." What The Hell ? I Was Just Freaked Out. Amazing Sound And My Grandpa Always Loved The Dorseys. This Is For My Grandpa. You Were Right. They Were Great.
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Jimmy Dorsey & Helen O'Connell - Embraceable You, 1941
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- Duration: 3:21
- Published: 15 Jan 2012
- Updated: 07 Mar 2012
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Helen O'Connell -- Embraceable You (G.& I.Gershwin), Decca 1941 (USA) NOTE: Helen O'CONNELL (b.1920 in Lima, Ohio -- d.1993 in San Diego, CA) American singer, actress and dancer. In 1939 she joined the Jimmy Dorsey's band and achieved her best selling records in the early 1940s (. "Green Eyes", "Brazil", "Amapola," "Tangerine", "Yours"). In each of these Latin-influenced numbers, Bob Eberly crooned the song which Helen then reprised in an up-tempo arrangement. O'Connell was selected by Down Beat readers as best female singer in 1940 and 1941 and won the 1940 Metronome magazine poll for best female vocalist. However, being on peak of her career O'Connell retired from show business upon her first marriage, in 1943. When her marriage ended in 1951, she made comeback appearances on tv. She was one of the first "girls" on NBC's The Today Show, and she had her own NBC program, Here's Hollywood, conducting interviews with celebrities, often in their own homes. Later, she also recorded duets with Bing Crosby, Johnny Mercer, and Dean Martin.
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Jimmy Dorsey 1944
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- Duration: 3:20
- Published: 23 Jun 2009
- Updated: 08 Mar 2012
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra playing in the Abbot & Costello movie " Lost In A Harem" (1944) - I can't find the theme name...anybody knows ? =PABLO=
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Jimmy Dorsey - "So Rare"
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- Duration: 2:35
- Published: 01 Oct 2010
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Record released in 1957. Instrumental.
http://wn.com/Jimmy_Dorsey__So_Rare
Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell - Green Eyes
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- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 05 Jun 2010
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Magnificent chart topper from 1941. Simply the greatest.
http://wn.com/Jimmy_Dorsey_with_Bob_Eberly_and_Helen_O'Connell__Green_Eyes
Jimmy Dorsey:- "I've Got Rhythm"
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- Duration: 4:26
- Published: 21 Dec 2008
- Updated: 05 Apr 2012
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Bunny Berigan & Jimmy Dorsey together with Freddie Rich!!!
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- Duration: 1:17
- Published: 06 Aug 2008
- Updated: 02 Apr 2012
With the Freddie Rich Orch. Haven't seen this clip on youtube before, just finally figuring out how to put stuff up here! Film said 1934, but I think it might be a year or two earlier. Who's on tenor??? Eddie Miller perhaps????
http://wn.com/Bunny_Berigan_Jimmy_Dorsey_together_with_Freddie_Rich!!!
Jimmy Dorsey Orch "Tangerine"
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- Duration: 3:45
- Published: 12 May 2010
- Updated: 14 Apr 2012
Features vocalists Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell. Clip from "The Fleets In" [1942] W&M: Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger Pub: 1942
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Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra 1938.
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- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 02 Mar 2009
- Updated: 29 Feb 2012
Jimmy Dorsey and his band with their famous swing tune "John Silver".
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Jimmy Dorsey "Beebe"
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- Duration: 1:26
- Published: 02 Mar 2009
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Jimmy Dorsey plays his signature tune "Beebe", a virtuoso alto saxophone piece that Jimmy used since the late 1920's and which he recorded for OKeh in 1929.
http://wn.com/Jimmy_Dorsey_Beebe
I Cried For You / Jimmy Dorsey
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- Duration: 4:21
- Published: 24 Oct 2008
- Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Favorite Musician & Favorite Music Great Big Band! Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra!!
http://wn.com/I_Cried_For_You_/_Jimmy_Dorsey
June Night By Jimmy Dorsey
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- Duration: 2:20
- Published: 28 May 2010
- Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Jimmy Dorsey was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter and big band leader. Along with brother Tommy they formed the "Dorsey Brothers Orchestra", but split in 1935, each with his own band. He had numerous big hits in the 30's-50's, several featuring vocalists Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell. In 1953 he again combined with Tommy Dorsey with the renamed band "The Fabulous Dorseys". His recording of "So Rare", released in 1957, reached #2 on the Billboard chart. This selection was released after Dorsey died in 1957 and reached #21 on the Hot 100.
http://wn.com/June_Night_By_Jimmy_Dorsey
Top Hits Of 1941 6 Jimmy Dorsey Maria Elena
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 07 Oct 2010
- Updated: 10 Apr 2012
Top Hits Of 1941 6 Jimmy Dorsey Maria Elena
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TANGERINE ~ Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra 1942.wmv
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- Duration: 3:15
- Published: 25 Feb 2010
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
TANGERINE ~ Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra ~ Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell ~1942~Decca Records.
http://wn.com/TANGERINE_~_Jimmy_Dorsey_his_Orchestra_1942wmv
WIMOWEH - Jimmy Dorsey - 1952
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 22 Dec 2008
- Updated: 18 Oct 2011
Jimmy Dorsey does Wimoweh in swing in 1952. It was about this time the The Weavers made a recording of this song, too. Be sure to check it out in the Video Responses below! Enjoy!
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Top 40 Hits Of 1941 12 Jimmy Dorsey Blue Champagne
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- Duration: 3:15
- Published: 13 Oct 2010
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
Top 40 Hits Of 1941 12 Jimmy Dorsey Blue Champagne
http://wn.com/Top_40_Hits_Of_1941_12_Jimmy_Dorsey_Blue_Champagne
TOMMY AND JIMMY DORSEY AND EDDIE LANG
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- Duration: 9:00
- Published: 21 Feb 2008
- Updated: 08 Apr 2012
TOMMY AND JIMMY DORSEY AND EDDIE LANG
http://wn.com/TOMMY_AND_JIMMY_DORSEY_AND_EDDIE_LANG
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The USS Hornet Museum is hosting a Mother’s Day bash with The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. The Mother’s Day event is being held Saturday May 7, 2011 from 8pm-12 midnight. The event includes three dance floors on the enclosed hangar deck which will be heated. In addition to hearing music from the time...(size: 2.4Kb)
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NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2010 – NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Music legend and human rights activist Peter Gabriel will host the 6th Annual Focus for Change benefit dinner and concert for WITNESS, the international human rights organization, on Thursday, December 2nd at Roseland...(size: 3.0Kb)
Remember Jimmy Dorsey's "So Rare" ?
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CLICK HERE FOR CD INFO Here is Jimmy Dorsey's hot recording of the classic "So Rare." First a few facts: Shortly before his death, Jimmy was awarded a gold record for "So Rare," which was recorded on November 11, 1956. The alto solo on "So Rare," was performed by...(size: 2.2Kb)
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CHICAGO Johnny Frigo, a versatile jazz violinist and bassist who toured with Jimmy Dorsey and wrote a jazz standard recorded by Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn, has died, his son said. He was 90. Frigo died early Wednesday at a Chicago...(size: 1.6Kb)
| Coordinates | 54°30′″N18°32′″N |
|---|---|
| name | Jimmy Dorsey |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| birth name | James Dorsey |
| born | February 29, 1904Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| died | June 12, 1957New York City, New York, U.S. |
| instrument | Saxophone, Clarinet, Trumpet |
| genre | Big Band, Swing, Dixieland |
| occupation | Bandleader, musician, composer |
| years active | 1920s–1950s |
| associated acts | Tommy Dorsey, California Ramblers, The Dorsey Brothers, The Charleston Chasers, ''Dorsey's Novelty Six'' |
| notable instruments | }} |
Overview
Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the son of a music teacher and older brother of Tommy Dorsey who also became a prominent musician. He played trumpet in his youth, appearing on stage with J. Carson McGee's King Trumpeters in 1913. He switched to alto saxophone in 1915, and then learned to double on clarinet. Jimmy Dorsey played on a clarinet outfitted with the Albert system of fingering, as opposed to the more common Boehm system used by most of his contemporaries including Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.With his brother Tommy playing trombone, he formed Dorsey’s Novelty Six, one of the first jazz bands to broadcast. In 1924 he joined the California Ramblers (who were based in New York City). He did much free lance radio and recording work throughout the 1920s. The brothers also appeared as session musicians on many jazz recordings. He joined Ted Lewis's band in 1930, with whom he toured Europe.Jerry Lewis' first wife Patti Palmer (birth name Esther Calonico) was a singer with his orchestra for less than a year, starting about 1944.
Jimmy continued leading his own band until the early 1950s. In 1953 he joined Tommy's Orchestra, renamed "Tommy Dorsey and his Orch. featuring Jimmy Dorsey". On December 26, 1953, the brothers and their orchestra appeared on Jackie Gleason's CBS television program. The success of that television appearance led Gleason to produce a weekly variety program, ''Stage Show'', hosted by the brothers on CBS from 1954 to 1956. Elvis Presley appeared on several of the telecasts. These were Presley's first appearances on national TV.
Jimmy took over leadership of the orchestra after Tommy's death. Jimmy survived his brother by only a few months and died of throat cancer, aged 53, in New York City. Broadcasts of Jimmy Dorsey and The Fabulous Dorsey Orchestra on NBC Bandstand survive from December 25, and December 31, 1956. At least two other extant broadcasts from the month of December 1956 are available as well. Recordings of the band from their winter 1957 tour have not surfaced. These recordings would provide the last aural evidence of Jimmy Dorsey's work. It is thought that Dorsey's last appearance was in Joplin, Missouri, on March 12, 1957.
Shortly before his death, he was awarded a gold record for "So Rare," which was recorded on November 11, 1956. There is a controversy over who played the alto solo on the recording of "So Rare", Dick Stabile or Jimmy Dorsey. which reached the number-two spot on the ''Billboard'' charts, becoming the highest charting song by a big band during the first decade of the rock-and-roll era.
Jimmy Dorsey is considered one of the most important and influential alto saxophone players of the Big Band and Swing era, and also after that era. Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker mentioned him as a personal favorite.
Career
During his early days as a musician, Jimmy Dorsey performed with various other ensembles and artists including the Scranton Sirens, The California Ramblers, Red Nichols, Jean Goldkette, Ben Pollack, and Paul Whiteman. He and his younger brother Tommy formed several bands known as “The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra” during the late 1920s and early 1930s which suddenly ended in May, 1935, when Tommy stormed off the bandstand after an onstage argument. For several months, Jimmy continued leading the band, keeping the Dorsey Brothers name, hoping that his younger brother would return, but he did not. In September, 1935, the Dorsey Brothers band legally became the "Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra", after Jimmy found out that Tommy Dorsey now had his own band, and had signed a recording contract with RCA Victor. Jimmy Dorsey remained with Decca Records as the two brothers were now competing with each other musically.Jimmy Dorsey's first hit record was "You Let Me Down" in 1935. His early band was considered to be more jazz-oriented than his brother's, and recordings of some instrumental swing classics soon followed: Dorsey Stomp, Tap Dancer's Nightmare, Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps, John Silver, and Dusk in Upper Sandusky. The band was featured on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall radio show, and did quite well commercially, although being overshadowed by Benny Goodman, (also a clarinetist), whose big band had grabbed center stage in the mid thirties. Dorsey's main vocalist was Bob Eberly, considered to be the best in the music business, and in 1939, Helen O'Connell joined the band, and the idea to have them do duets together proved to be highly successful. Almost every record released during 1939-1943 were hits, but especially records made with a Latin American flavor like “Amapola”, "Maria Elena", and “Green Eyes”, which topped the charts in 1941. Certainly vocalists Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly, were two very important factors in Jimmy Dorsey’s rise in popularity. They continued singing with his band for future records and motion picture appearances. Despite personnel changes, Jimmy remained one of the top big band leaders after World War II and into the 1950s, always updating the sound of his band, but the big band business was beginning to decline.
Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey reunited on March 15, 1945 to record a V-Disc at Liederkranz Hall in New York City. Released in June, 1945, V-Disc 451 featured "More Than You Know" backed with "Brotherly Jump". The songs featured the combined orchestras of Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey.
In 1953, he and his brother reunited to form a (new) “Dorsey Brothers Orchestra.” Tommy was the leader of the group, making Jimmy the co-leader and featured soloist. In 1954, Jackie Gleason chose their band to star in a weekly television show that centered on their band. The show, called “Stage Show,” was a huge hit, and gave other big band leaders hope in a business that was steadily declining.
Tommy’s death in 1956 and Jimmy’s own health problems resulted in the end of his television and musical career in 1957.
Movie appearances
Jimmy Dorsey appeared in a number of Hollywood motion pictures, including ''That Girl From Paris'', ''Shall We Dance'', ''The Fleet's In'', ''Lost in a Harem'' with Abbot and Costello , ''I Dood It'', and the bio-pic with his brother Tommy, ''The Fabulous Dorseys'' in 1947.In 1938, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra also appeared in a movie short performing many of his hits including "It's the Dreamer in Me", "I Love You in Technicolor", and "Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps".
Compositions by Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey composed "Mood Hollywood", "Shim Sham Shimmy", " So Many Times", which reached no. 20 in 1939 on Billboard, staying on the charts for one week, also recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra and Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra, "Beebe", "Oodles of Noodles", "John Silver" with Ray Krise, which reached no. 13 on Billboard in 1938, staying on the charts for 2 weeks, "Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps", "Dusk in Upper Sandusky" with Larry Clinton, "Shoot the Meatballs to Me Dominick Boy" with Toots Camarata, "A Man and his Drums", "Mutiny in the Brass Section", "Praying the Blues", "Contrasts", his theme song, "Major and Minor Stomp", "Hep-Tee Hootie (Juke Box Jive)" with Fud Livingston and Jack Palmer, "I Bought A Wooden Whistle", "Tailspin" with Frankie Trumbauer, the classic jazz standard "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)", "Clarinet Polka", "I Love You in Technicolor", "The Champ", "All The Things You Ain't", "JD's Boogie Woogie", "Jumpin' Jehosaphat", "I'll Do Anything For You", "Dorsey Stomp", "Grand Central Getaway" with Dizzy Gillespie, "Sunset Strip" with Sonny Burke, "Town Hall Tonight", "Outer Drive" with Herb Ellis, the jazz standard "It's the Dreamer in Me" with Jimmy Van Heusen, recorded by Duke Ellington and others.Jimmy Dorsey co-wrote the jazz and pop standard "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" with Paul Madeira, who is also known as Paul Madeira Mertz, in 1941. Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Madeira Mertz collaborated on the lyrics and the music. Mertz had been a pianist in the Bix Beiderbecke band in the 1920s and had worked in Hollywood on film music in the 1930s. Jimmy Dorsey originally released the song as a 78 on Decca as 4197B in 1942 with Bob Eberly on vocals. Jimmy Dorsey also released the song as Decca 18799A with Dee Parker on vocals in 1946.
Number-one hits
Jimmy Dorsey had eleven number one hits with his orchestra in the 1930s and the 1940s: "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?", "Change Partners", "The Breeze and I", "Amapola", "My Sister and I", "Maria Elena", "Green Eyes", "Blue Champagne", "Tangerine", "Besame Mucho", and "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby. In 1935, he had two more number ones as part of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: "Lullaby of Broadway" and "Chasing Shadows". His biggest hit was "Amapola", which was number one for ten weeks in 1941 on the Billboard pop singles chart. On August 17, 1936, Bing Crosby recorded "Pennies from Heaven" with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, a recording that went number one for ten weeks and became one of the top records of 1936. And finally, there was a late hit in 1957, "So Rare", which went to the #2 position, and was on the record charts for 26 weeks.
Honors
In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey commemorative postage stamp.In 2008, the Recording Academy added the 1942 recording of "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", Decca 18460B, by Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberle and Helen O'Connell on vocals to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 1983, Jimmy Dorsey was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the American Jazz Hall of Fame.
Partial filmography
References
Sources
External links
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Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday. He was also an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided", is a jazz standard.
''JATP: The Trumpet Battle 1952'' (with Roy Eldridge)
''Horn O'Plenty'' (Bethlehem), 1954
''The Most Intimate'' (Bethlehem), 1955
''Shavers, Gershwin, and Strings'' (Bethlehem), 1955
''We dig Cole'' (Jass), 1958
''Charlie digs Paree'' (MGM), 1959
''Charlie digs Dixie'' (MGM), 1959
''Girl of my dreams'' (Everest), 1959
''Here Comes Charlie'' (Everest), 1960
''Like Charlie'' (Everest), 1960
''Swing along'' (Sesac), 1961
''Swingin' with Charlie'' (Sesac), 1961
''Here's Charlie'' (Sesac), 1961
''The music from Milk and honey'' (Everest) (with Wild Bill Davis), 1961
''Live at the London House'' (Hep), 1962
''Excitement Unlimited'' (Capitol), 1963
''At le Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris'' (Everest), 1964
''The last session'' (Black and Blue), 1970
Verve records artist page: Charlie Shavers
http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Charlie_Shavers.htm
Charlie Shavers' father was from the prominent Shavers family of Key West, Florida, and Charlie was a cousin of heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers. Born in New York he originally took up the piano and banjo before switching to trumpet. In the mid-thirties, he performed with Tiny Bradshaw and Lucky Millinder. In 1936 he joined John Kirby's Sextet as trumpet soloist and arranger (he was only 16 but gave his birthdate as 1917 in order to avoid child labor laws - many biographies still list this date). His arrangements and solos with this band contributed greatly towards making it one of the most commercially successful and widely imitated bands of its day. In 1937 he was performing with Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters. In 1944 he began playing sessions in Raymond Scott's CBS staff orchestra. In 1945 he left John Kirby's band to join Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra, with whom he toured and recorded, off and on, until 1953. During this time he continued to play sessions at CBS, played with the Metronome All-Stars, and made a number of recordings as trumpet soloist with Billie Holiday. From 1953 to 1954 he worked with Benny Goodman, and toured Europe with Norman Granz's popular Jazz at the Philharmonic series, where he was always a crowd favorite. He went on to form his own band with Terry Gibbs and Louie Bellson.
Charlie Shavers died from throat cancer in New York in 1971 at the age of 50. His friend Louis Armstrong died while Shavers was on his deathbed, and his last request was that his trumpet mouthpiece be buried with Armstrong in his coffin.
Discography
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Bob Eberly (July 24, 1916, Mechanicville, New York — November 17, 1981, Glen Burnie, Maryland) was a big band vocalist, best-known for his association with Jimmy Dorsey and his duets with Helen O'Connell.
"It's The Dreamer In Me" (with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra; 1938)
"Green Eyes" (with Helen O'Connell; 1941)
"I'm Glad There Is You (In a World of Ordinary People)" (with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra; 1942)
"Besame Mucho" (with Kitty Kallen; 1944)
Youtube video Green Eyes
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Eberly was born Robert Eberle, but changed the spelling of his surname slightly to Eberly. His younger brother Ray was also a big-band singer, most notably with Glenn Miller's orchestra. Their father, John A. Eberle, was a policeman, sign-painter, and publican (tavern-keeper). Another brother, Al, was a Hoosick Falls, New York village trustee.
He recorded the original version of "I'm Glad There Is You" in 1942 with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra on Decca Records, 4197B. The song subsequently became a jazz and pop standard.
Family
Eberly was married to Florine Callahan from January 23, 1940 until his death in 1981; the couple had 3 children.
Last years and death
In 1980 Eberly had one lung removed but still continued to sing. He died of a heart attack in 1981, aged 65.
Notable Recordings
References
See also
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| Coordinates | 54°30′″N18°32′″N |
|---|---|
| name | Eddie Lang |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| birth name | Salvatore Massaro |
| birth date | October 25, 1902 |
| died | March 26, 1933New York |
| origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| instrument | Guitar |
| genre | Jazz |
| occupation | Guitarist |
| associated acts | Joe Venuti, Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby, Annette Hanshaw, Lonnie Johnson |
| notable instruments | Gibson L-4, Gibson L-5 }} |
Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American jazz guitarist, regarded as Father of Jazz Guitar. He played a Gibson L-4 and L-5 guitar, providing great influence for many guitarists, including Django Reinhardt.
Biography
Lang was born Salvatore Massaro, the son of an Italian-American instrument maker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At first, he took violin lessons for 11 years. In school he became friends with Joe Venuti, with whom he would work for much of his career. He was playing professionally by about 1918, playing violin, banjo, and guitar. He worked with various bands in the USA's north-east, worked in London (late 1924 to early 1925), then settled in New York City.Eddie Lang was the first important jazz guitarist. He was effectively able to integrate the guitar into 1920s jazz recordings. He played with the bands of Joe Venuti, Adrian Rollini, Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jean Goldkette in addition to doing a large amount of freelance radio and recording work.
On February 4, 1927 Eddie Lang featured in the recording of "Singin' the Blues" by Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke on cornet. Lang trades guitar licks while Beiderbecke solos on cornet in a memorable landmark jazz recording of the 1920s.
In 1929 he joined Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, and can be seen and heard in the movie ''The King of Jazz''.
In 1930, Eddie Lang played guitar on the original recording of the jazz and pop standard "Georgia On My Mind", recorded with Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra. Joe Venuti and Bix Beiderbecke also played on this recording.
When Bing Crosby left Whiteman, Lang went with Bing as his accompanist and can be seen with him in the 1932 movie ''Big Broadcast''. Lang also played under the pseudonym Blind Willie Dunn on a number of blues records with Lonnie Johnson.
Lang died following a tonsillectomy in New York City in 1933 at the age of thirty. He had been urged by Bing Crosby to have the tonsillectomy so that he might have speaking parts in Crosby's films. Lang's voice was chronically hoarse, and it was hoped that the operation would remedy this. It is unclear exactly what the cause of death was, but it is thought that uncontrolled bleeding played a role.
Influence and Legacy
Eddie Lang's compositions, based on the Red Hot Jazz database, included "Wild Cat" with Joe Venuti, "Perfect" with Frank Signorelli, "April Kisses" (1927), "Sunshine", "Melody Man's Dream", "Goin' Places", "Black and Blue Bottom", "Bull Frog Moan", "Rainbow Dreams", "Feelin' My Way", "Eddie's Twister", "Really Blue", "Penn Beach Blues", "Wild Dog", "Pretty Trix", "A Mug of Ale", "Apple Blossoms", "Beating the Dog", "To To Blues", "Running Ragged", "Kicking the Cat", "Cheese and Crackers", "Doin' Things", "Blue Guitars", "Guitar Blues" with Lonnie Johnson, "Hot Fingers", "Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues", "A Handful of Riffs", "Blue Room", "Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp", "Two-Tone Stomp". "Midnight Call Blues", "Four String Joe", "Goin' Home", and "Pickin' My Way" (1932) with Carl Kress.
Jazz guitarist George Van Eps assessed the legacy of Eddie Lang: "It's very fair to call Eddie Lang the father of jazz guitar". Barney Kessel noted that "Eddie Lang first elevated the guitar and made it artistic in jazz." Les Paul acknowledged that "Eddie Lang was the first and had a very modern technique."
In 1977, Lang's recording of "Singin' the Blues" with Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke on cornet was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 1986, Lang was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame.
Major Recordings
Bibliography
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Jimmy Dorsey was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter and big band leader. Along with brother Tommy they formed the "Dorsey Brothers Orchestra", but split in 1935, each with his own band. He had numerous big hits in the 30's-50's, several featuring vocalists Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell. In 1953 he again combined with Tommy Dorsey with the renamed band "The Fabulous Dorseys". His recording of "So Rare", released in 1957, reached #2 on the Billboard chart. This selection was released after Dorsey died in 1957 and reached #21 on the Hot 100.
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