She and Eberly possessed a "boy and girl next door" charm and their pairing produced several of the band's biggest hits. In 1939 Jimmy hired Helen O'Connell as his female singer. The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra became the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, and included musicians such as Bobby Byrne, Ray McKinley, Donald Matteson and Skeets Herfurt along with vocalists Bob Eberly and Kay Weber. Tommy left the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra to form his own band in 1935 after a musical dispute with Jimmy. Future bandleader Glenn Miller was a member of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 19, composing "Annie's Cousin Fanny", "Tomorrow's Another Day", "Harlem Chapel Chimes", and "Dese Dem Dose", all recorded for Decca, for the band. He appeared on at least seventy-five radio broadcasts (many with his brother), as a member of Nathaniel Shilkret's orchestra on programs such as the 1932 program, "The Music That Satisfies," also known as the Chesterfield Quarter Hour. Īfter returning to the United States, he worked briefly with Rudy Vallee and several other bandleaders, in addition to the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Tommy. He joined Ted Lewis's band in 1930, with whom he toured Europe. The brothers also appeared as session musicians on many jazz recordings.
He did much freelance radio and recording work throughout the 1920s. In 1924 he joined the California Ramblers (who were based in New York City). With his brother Tommy playing trombone, he formed Dorsey's Novelty Six, one of the first jazz bands to broadcast. Jimmy Dorsey played on a clarinet outfitted with the Albert system of fingering, as opposed to the more common Boehm system used by most of his contemporaries including Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.
He switched to alto saxophone in 1915, and then learned to double on clarinet. He played trumpet in his youth, appearing on stage with J. Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the son of a coal miner turned music teacher, and older brother of Tommy Dorsey who also became a prominent musician. His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's The Dreamer In Me". James Dorsey (Febru– June 12, 1957) was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader.
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