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  • Tommy Dorsey
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  • Deaths from choking
  • 1956 deaths
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players
  • RCA Victor artists
  • 1905 births
  • 20th-century American musicians
  • American bandleaders
  • American jazz bandleaders
  • American jazz trombonists
  • Bell Records artists
  • Big band bandleaders
  • Decca Records artists
  • Musicians from Pennsylvania
  • National Radio Hall of Fame inductees
  • Swing trombonists
  • Swing bandleaders
  • Swing trumpeters
  • Musicians from Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Burials at Kensico Cemetery
  • Accidental deaths in Connecticut
  • Drug-related deaths in Connecticut
abstract
  • Tommy Dorsey (born November 19, 1905, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, USA - died November 26, 1956, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA) was an American trombonist, trumpeter, composer, conductor and bandleader of the Big Band era. He often worked with his brother [a299282] in New York and helped the Swing Era grow in the US, he was an important bandleader during that time.
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  • Thomas Francis %22Tommy%22 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 %22Sentimental Gentleman of Swing%22, 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. He is best remembered for standards such as %22Song of India%22, %22Marie%22, %22On Treasure Island%22, %22The Music Goes 'Round and Around%22, and %22You%22.
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  • Tommy Dorsey And His Clambake Seven
  • Tommy Dorsey And His Trombone
  • Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
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  • Swing trombone player & band leader
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  • 1905-11-19
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  • 1956-11-26
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  • Tommy Dorsey
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