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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 ...
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 ...
(CBS11) - Tommy Dorsey was one of the most prolific big band musicians and orchestra leaders from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. Born on November 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, PA he was the second of ...
David Corenswet is still a theater kid at heart. In recent interviews promoting Superman, the actor has shared his love for several Broadway properties, from Hello, Dolly! to Death Becomes Her.
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 ...
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra performs from 7 to 11 p.m. today at Rock Crusher Canyon Garden Pavilion, 275 S Rock Crusher Road. Admission is $25, which includes a buffet dinner from 6 to 8 p.m.
Tommy Dorsey was at his peak in the 1940s, a self-made millionaire with the most popular band in the country and a small empire that he ran from his penthouse offices in New York’s Brill Building.
No musician evokes the Big Band era more than Tommy Dorsey. Drawing on new research and scores of interviews with musicians who knew him, Peter Levinson has written a new biography on the seminal ...
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Saturday September 7, 7:00 PM Powell Hall 718 NORTH GRAND, ST. LOUIS, MO TICKETS ON SALE NOW: www.powellhall.com ? Powell Hall Box office ? 314-534-1700 ...