A trombone-player known for his warm, silken tone on ballads as well as upbeat improvisations, Tommy Dorsey, "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing," led one of the most versatile orchestras of the big band era. With its premier jazz stars,...

Tommy Dorsey (November 19 1905 – November 26 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, and bandleader in the Big Band era. He was the younger brother of Jimmy...

During the leader's lifetime, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was a leading exponent of both the sweet and sentimental and the hard-swinging. The organization was also responsible for introducing superb instrumentalists and vocalists to the listening public. In addition to peerless trombone solos by Dorsey...

WHAT does an historian of France do for a break in his endless summer of history--of books and data? Music is always a nice shift of gears, and an advertised Tommy Dorsey band concert seemed like a good idea; however, this historian has...

Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.Blair died Monday from complications of pneumonia at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, her...

Come close. Closer. Full embrace. Chest to chest. Arms entwined. Don’t let go. When the music starts – snappy, jazzy, quick, by Benny Goodman, perhaps, or Tommy Dorsey or Artie Shaw – the feet start to move. Blurring sometimes, five or six steps a second,...