Trombonist Thomas "Tommy" Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the younger brother of famed jazz clarinetist, Jimmy Dorsey. In early years he was equally well-known as both trumpet and ...

Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, seen on “The Fabulous Dorseys” (1954) and who grew up in Shenandoah, were major band leaders in the big-band era. Ron Devlin / Staff Photo.

Tommy Dorsey, a superstar orchestra leader in the Big Band era, was a complex, driven man of many parts, some brilliant and some wretched, as demonstrated in Peter J. Levinson’s compelling ...

Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania in 1904, his younger brother Tommy in Mahoney Plane in 1905. Their father, Thomas Francis Dorsey Sr., was a coal miner turned music teacher and ...

A major big band leader is the subject of a new book: Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way. With his brother Jimmy, Dorsey helped define American popular music from the 1920s through the mid 1950s.

1919: Tommy Dorsey and older brother, Jimmy, play their first gig as the “Syncopators” at Flagstaff in Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe. 1921: Tommy Dorsey replaces Russ Morgan, a future big band ...

Tommy Dorsey was one of the most prolific big band musicians and orchestra leaders from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. ... He and his older brother, Jimmy, ...

Raised on Dorsey music and hired as a member of the Dorsey Orchestra a few years after the bandleader’s death in 1956, Tole has an understanding of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, which he explained in ...

The story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, two brothers who rise to be jazz/swing bandleaders. Fictionalized biographical film tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Raised in a Pennsylvania coal ...

The only orchestra with the rights to perform classics made famous by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey will be in concert today. Subscribe Manage my subscription Activate my subscription Log in Log out.

Jimmy left Whiteman's group and freelanced around playing with Red Nichols. In 1933 Jimmy and younger brother Tommy formed their famous Dorsey Brothers Orchestra which included drummer Ray McKinley, ...