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Swingtime remembers Tommy Dorsey in Fountain Hills
Listen in on Tuesday, Nov. 21
Dimitri Vervitsiotis
Swingtime will revisit sounds of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra at its next meeting Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Community Center (Metro creative photo)
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Swingtime pays tribute to Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Community Center.
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra was the premier swing band in the early 1930s. When the brothers split up in 1935, Tommy Dorsey moved on and put together a band that is considered to be the ultimate swing dance band of the era, a press release said.
At its peak, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra boasted five saxophone players, four trumpeters, four trombonists, piano, guitar, bass, drums, six singers including Frank Sinatra, plus a string section and a harp.
Swingtime revisits this great band in some of its finest recorded musical performances.
All in attendance are invited to contribute their own thoughts and feelings about the music, the music makers and to share their own special memories of this swing legend.
Membership in the Community Center is required to attend Swingtime meetings. For more information, contact Bill Whittaker at 480-837-7961 or the Community Center at 480-816-5200.
A spin-off of the Golden Age of Radio, Swingtime plays vintage 78 rpm records from that magical era when swing was king. Listen to the big bands and small ensembles, the crooners and singing groups. Remember the grand ballrooms, the dance crazes and dance contests. While not all the music of the time was swing, the term itself defines that period from the depression years through World War II.