Wednesday, November 19, 2025

November 19 - Tommy Dorsey (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 19th are found here: Tommy Dorsey (2019), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (2020), Pierre Leclair (2021), Tommy Dorsey (2022)Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (2023), and Tommy Dorsey (2024)

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Tommy Dorsey (19 November 1905 – 26 November 1956) was an important jazz trombonist and big band leader.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Do I Have To Separate You Two?"


Acrimony between the brothers led to Tommy Dorsey walking out to form his own band in 1935. – Wikipedia


Though they thought that a family band,

Would be firm, not erected on sand,

They found that it wobbled

Whenever they squabbled,

And didn't turn out as they planned.

 

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