Person · swing trombone player & band leader
Tommy Dorsey
Albums
161
Members
12
Active
1905–1956
Origin
United States
Biography
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. Although he was not known for being a notable soloist, his technical skill on the trombone gave him renown amongst other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely popular and highly successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s.
Discography
Plays Sweet & Hot
The Best Of Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra - All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
21 Top Tracks
Giants Of The Big Band Era
Jazz Archives
Tea For Two
The Jazz Collector Edition: 1935-1940
The Seventeen Number Ones
The Best of Tommy Dorsey
The Best of Tommy Dorsey
The Jazz Collector Edition, Vol. 1
Together 1939-1940
Tommy Dorsey Vol. 1
Tommy Dorsey (Vol. 2)
XXXIV. Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey - The Essential V-Discs
Big Band's Greatest Hits
Big Bands: Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Giants of the Big Band Era
The Big Band Hits of Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
Dance with Dorsey
The Song Is You
Sentimental Trombone
So Little Time
This One's For Tommy
Boogie Woogie
Dorsey-itis
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Kings of Trombone
The Classic Tracks
A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey
A Tribute To Tommy Dorsey: Big Band Collector's Series
His Greatest Hits And Finest Performances
Love Songs
The Fabulous Dorseys
The Legendary Sides
The Legendary Sides
Battle of the Bands
Casino Gardens Ballroom 1946
Legends of the Big Band Era
Legends Of The Big Band Era
Swingin' In Hollywood
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey: The Homefront 1941-1945
Big Band Fever
It's All So New!
New York Jazz in the Roaring Twenties, Volume 2
Sentimental Swing
Swingsation
The Best of Tommy Dorsey
The Complete Standard Transcriptions
The Fabulous Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey
Falling in Love
Falling In Love With Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Saturday Afternoon At The Meadowbrook 1940
The Legendary Big Bands Series
Credits
Bixology
The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition
The Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1937
The Chronological Classics: Ethel Waters 1926-1929
The Indispensable Coleman Hawkins: “Body and Soul” (1927–1956)
The Fisher King
The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1 (February 1, 1940 - July 17, 1940)
Twilight in Turkey / The Milkmen’s Matinee
The Music Goes ’Round and ’Round / (If I Had) Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes
16 Hits That Made Him Famous
1928-1931
1929-1931
1931-1933
1931-1934
1931 Volume One
1932
1938-1939
1940 - 1947
1946/1947
1947
A Bing Crosby Collection Volume II
After You / All You Want to Do Is Dance
A Handful of Riffs
Ah Ha / Zulu Sue
Ain't Misbehavin' / Tiger Rag
A Jam Session At Victor
Am I Blue? / Moanin' Low
Am I Blue? / My Song Of The Nile
A Muggsy Spanier Memorial
Anything Goes / All Through The Night
A Shine On Your Shoes / It's Gonna Be You
At The Fat Man's
Be Careful, It's My Heart / Take Me
Beside An Open Fireplace / Ring Around The Moon
Best Of The Big Bands - Dorsey Brothers
Big Bands: Tommy Dorsey
Billy Banks And His Rhythmakers
Birmingham Bertha / Am I Blue?
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke And The Chicago Cornets
Bixology "Davenport Blues"
Bixology "Georgia On My Mind"
Bix Restored - The Complete Recordings And Alternates, Volume 1 (February 1924 To September 1927)
Bix & the Goldkette Orchestra. Legendary Recordings
Black, Brown & Beige (The 1944-1946 Band Recordings)
Black Eyes / Blue Danube
Black Eyes / Liebestraum
Blue Lou / The Blues
Boogie-Woogie
Boogie Woogie / Opus No. 1
Boogie Woogie / Weary Blues
Bring Back The Good Times 1934-1935
Bugle Call Rag / One O'Clock Jump
Bunny Berigan - Volume 2 (1937 - 40)
By The Sleepy Lagoon / Melody
California
Chicago Jazz Classics
Chicago / Opus No. 1
Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions
Classic Jazz Archive - Benny Goodman And Big Band