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Contrary to what one might think from the coverage he gets, Tommy Dorsey enjoyed more than a dozen chart-topping hits before Frank Sinatra ever went to work for him. This mid-priced 1990 vintage CD, covering Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra's biggest hits from 1935 through 1942, remains the best overview of Dorsey's work in his prime years that one can buy, at least short of going for the Collector's Choice three-CD V-Disc Recordings set, which is a lot less organized and a lot more expensive. The Dorsey orchestra was a sweet band, no question, but they had first-rate players who were as precise and skilled as any in the business, and even on their pop sides you can hear a virtuoso ensemble -- and some of these sides, including "Marie" and "The Big Apple," really swing; even the real pop numbers, like "Alone" (a cover of the big featured Brown/Freed love ballad from the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera), and dance numbers, like "The Dipsy Doodle," are worth the price of admission for '30s pop and novelty music at its best. There are just four sides featuring Sinatra, but the other vocalists are more than competent and Edythe Wright, in particular, has a lot to offer. There's no personnel information other than the singers, but that's easy enough to get hold of for anyone who really cares, and the sound is more than decent for a 1990 release, marred only by some surface noise in the sources and a bit more compression than would be ideal.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Joe Dixon, Clarinet - Joe Dixon, Alto Saxophone - Jimmy Welch, Trumpet - Clyde Rounds, Alto Saxophone - Jack Leonard, Vocal - Bunny Berigan, Trumpet - Bud Freeman, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Tough, Drums - Gene Traxler, Bass - Joe Bauer, Trumpet - Irving Berlin, Lyricist - Irving Berlin, Composer - Carmen Mastren, Guitar - Fred Stulce, Alto Saxophone - Tommy Dorsey, Band Leader - Tommy Dorsey, Trombone - Bob Cusumas, Trumpet - Dick Jones, Piano - Red Bone, Trombone - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Les Jenkins, Trombone
Originally Recorded 1937. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Edward Farley, Composer - Edward Farley, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven, Performer - Mike Riley, Composer - Mike Riley, Lyricist - Edythe Wright, Vocal - William Hodgson, Composer - William Hodgson, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1935. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Nacio Herb Brown, Composer - Nacio Herb Brown, Lyricist - Cliff Weston, Vocal - Arthur Freed, Composer - Arthur Freed, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1935. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Fred Ahlert, Composer - Fred Ahlert, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Joe Burke, Composer - Joe Burke, Lyricist - Edgar Leslie, Composer - Edgar Leslie, Lyricist - Edythe Wright, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1935. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Larry Clinton, Composer
Originally Recorded 1937. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Walter Donaldson, Composer - Walter Donaldson, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Harold Adamson, Composer - Harold Adamson, Lyricist - Edythe Wright, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1936. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Buddy Bernier, Composer - Buddy Bernier, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven, Performer - Bob Emmerich, Composer - Bob Emmerich, Lyricist - Edythe Wright, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1937. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Allie Wrubel, Composer - Allie Wrubel, Lyricist - Edythe Wright, Vocal - Herb Magidson, Composer - Herb Magidson, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1938. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Yank Lawson, Trumpet - Babe Russin, Saxophone - Elmer Smithers, Trombone - Ward Silloway, Trombone - Jerome Kern, Composer - Jack Leonard, Vocal - Deane Kincaide, Saxophone - Cliff Leeman, Drums - Gene Traxler, Bass - Hymie Schertzer, Saxophone - Howard Smith, Piano - Dave Jacobs, Trombone - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Carmen Mastren, Guitar - Fred Stulce, Saxophone - Tommy Dorsey, Band Leader - Tommy Dorsey, Trombone - Andy Ferretti, Trumpet - Johnny Mince, Saxophone - Jimmy Blake, Trumpet - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Edythe Wright, Vocal - Larry Clinton, Composer - Larry Clinton, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1937. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Yank Lawson, Trumpet - Babe Russin, Saxophone - Elmer Smithers, Trombone - Larry Clinton, Composer - Ward Silloway, Trombone - Jack Leonard, Vocal - Pee Wee Irwin, Trumpet - Deane Kincaide, Saxophone - Dave Tough, Drums - Gene Traxler, Bass - Bob Emmerich, Lyricist - Howard Smith, Piano - Dave Jacobs, Trombone - Carmen Mastren, Guitar - Fred Stulce, Saxophone - Tommy Dorsey, Band Leader - Andy Ferretti, Trumpet - Johnny Mince, Saxophone - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Skeets Herfurt, Saxophone - Buddy Bernier, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
The Esquires, Vocal - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Michael Edwards, Composer - Michael Edwards, Lyricist - Bud Green, Composer - Bud Green, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1937. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Yank Lawson, Trumpet - Babe Russin, Saxophone - Elmer Smithers, Trombone - Ward Silloway, Trombone - Jack Leonard, Vocal - Deane Kincaide, Arranger - Deane Kincaide, Saxophone - Cliff Leeman, Drums - Gene Traxler, Bass - Hymie Schertzer, Saxophone - Howard Smith, Piano - Dave Jacobs, Trombone - Victor Herbert, Composer - Al Dubin, Lyricist - Carmen Mastren, Guitar - Tommy Dorsey, Band Leader - Tommy Dorsey, Trombone - Andy Ferretti, Trumpet - Johnny Mince, Saxophone - Jimmy Blake, Trumpet - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Noni Bernardi, Saxophone
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - The Pied Pipers, Vocal - Frank Sinatra, Vocal - Frank Loesser, Composer - Frank Loesser, Lyricist - Louis Alter, Composer - Louis Alter, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ruth Lowe, Composer - Ruth Lowe, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - The Pied Pipers, Vocal - Frank Sinatra, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
George W. Meyer, Composer - George W. Meyer, Lyricist - Abel Baer, Composer - Abel Baer, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - The Pied Pipers, Vocal - Frank Sinatra, Vocal - Stanley Adams, Composer - Stanley Adams, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Alfonso D'Artega, Composer - Alfonso D'Artega, Lyricist - Thomas Montgomery Adair, Composer - Thomas Montgomery Adair, Lyricist - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Performer - Frank Sinatra, Vocal - Axel Stordahl, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
Contrary to what one might think from the coverage he gets, Tommy Dorsey enjoyed more than a dozen chart-topping hits before Frank Sinatra ever went to work for him. This mid-priced 1990 vintage CD, covering Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra's biggest hits from 1935 through 1942, remains the best overview of Dorsey's work in his prime years that one can buy, at least short of going for the Collector's Choice three-CD V-Disc Recordings set, which is a lot less organized and a lot more expensive. The Dorsey orchestra was a sweet band, no question, but they had first-rate players who were as precise and skilled as any in the business, and even on their pop sides you can hear a virtuoso ensemble -- and some of these sides, including "Marie" and "The Big Apple," really swing; even the real pop numbers, like "Alone" (a cover of the big featured Brown/Freed love ballad from the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera), and dance numbers, like "The Dipsy Doodle," are worth the price of admission for '30s pop and novelty music at its best. There are just four sides featuring Sinatra, but the other vocalists are more than competent and Edythe Wright, in particular, has a lot to offer. There's no personnel information other than the singers, but that's easy enough to get hold of for anyone who really cares, and the sound is more than decent for a 1990 release, marred only by some surface noise in the sources and a bit more compression than would be ideal.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:18
- Main artists: Tommy Dorsey
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Classics
- Genre: Jazz Traditional Jazz & New Orleans
(P) 1990 BMG Music
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