Tommy Dorsey has always been a brilliant musician capable of playing ballads or fast tempo songs with the same virtuosity and beauty of sound. This CD features his finest RCA and Decca recordings from the 1935-1953 period.
Tracklist
01. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassman-Washington) 3:38
02. Song Of India (Korsakov-Dorsey-Bone) 3:09
03. Marie (Irving Berlin) 3:21
04. Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson) 3:15
05. Everything Happens To Me (Dennis-Adair) 3:07
06. Opus #1 (Sy Oliver) 2:55
07. The Song Is You (Kern-Hammerstein II) 3:28
08. Summertime (George Gershwin) 3:02
09. I'm In The Mood For Love (McHugh-Fields) 3:21
10. Birmingham Bounce (Glenn Miller) 2:56
11. Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter) 3:03
12. It's The Lovely (Cole Porter) 2:36
13. Love For Sale (Cole Porter) 2:22
14. T.D.'s Boogie Woogie (Clarence Smith) 3:22
15. Opus #2 (Sy Oliver) 2:58
16. Goofus (Kahn-Harold-King) 2:48
17. They Didn't Believe Me (Kern-Reynolds) 3:25
18. Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) 3:06
19. Liza Jane (Traditional) 3:09
20. The Blue Room (Rodgers-Hart) 3:19
Album details
Total time: 63:18 min.
Tommy Dorsey, trombone & lead
Accompanied by renowned soloist such as Bunny Berigan, Manny Klein, Charlie Shavers (ttrumpets), Bud Freeman (tenor sax), Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson (drums).
Arrangers includes: Deane Kincaide, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson and Sy Oliver
All sessions recorded for RCA Victor [1-13] and Decca [14-20] in New York and Hollywood, California.
Recording dates:
Tracks #1: October 18, 1935
Track #2-3: January 29, 1937
Track #4: December 6, 1937
Track #5: February 7, 1941
Track #6: November 14, 1944
Tracks #7: April 8, 1946
Track #8-9: April 7, 1949
Track #10: June 13, 1950
Track #11-13: January 3 & 4, 1950
Tracks #14-15: August 28 & 29, 1950
Track #16: September 8, 1950
Track #17-18: June 11, 1952
Track #19-20: August 14, 1953
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