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 ...

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 ...

Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra headlined the inaugural show at this Hollywood theater on Halloween night 1940. Today, after a recent multimillion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A lot has been written about Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, musicians and bandleaders who soared from ...

Tommy Dorsey, the great bandleader and trombonist, was born 100 years ago this month in Shenandoah, Penn., where his father worked as a coal miner, a music teacher, and a bandmaster. The elder Dorsey ...

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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 ...

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) ...