Tommy Dorsey - Big Bands Swingin Years: Tommy DorseyOne of the greatest bandleaders of the big band era, trombonist and trumpeter Tommy Dorsey was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", due to his smooth toned trombone playing. The younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey, Dorsey split from his brother in the mid thirties, and led an extremely popular band from the late thirties into the nineteen fifties. Presented here are some of Dorsey's finest recorded performances including "Marie,"

'Burn Down The World' takes an in-depth look at that period in the band's career

Skeets McDonald

and Freddie McGregor ("Roots Man Skanking")

John Hébert and Tyshawn Sorey

Brix is a multi-faceted musician

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Rossini - Maometto Secondo

Nihiloxoca's Spooky-J (GB) and Chicago house veteran Jordan Fields (US)

180-Gram Black Vinyl in a Gatefold Jacket

The plot is an entertaining and extremely intricate human comedy of crossed loves

" a bristling quintet date with trumpeter Ryan Kisor

They were the first band to form independently without affiliation to a theatre house