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Article: Album Review

Hal Schaefer: How Do You Like This Piano Playing?

Read "How Do You Like This Piano Playing?" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 19, 2009

File this prosaically-titled How Do You Like This Piano Playing? under the “music discovered in a backyard shed" category.Pianist/composer/arranger/conductor Hal Schaefer's musical journey began with stints in big bands led by Benny Carter, Harry James, and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, but his most notable gigs--from a fame-gaining perspective--have been as a vocal coach to ...

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News: Obituary

Louie Bellson Dies at 84

February 16, 2009

We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on February 14, 2009. Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming. Condolences and cards to: Mrs. Louie Bellson c/o Remo, Inc. 28101 Industry Drive ...

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Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger

by Russ Musto
December 1, 2008

The most recorded jazz trombonist of his lifetime, Curtis Fuller's illustrious career spans six decades and includes tenures with many of the greatest names in this music. Born Dec. 15th, 1934 in Detroit, Fuller was orphaned at an early age, but found family in the close-knit jazz community of the musically fertile Motor City. He first ...

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The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

By Tommy Dorsey

Label: RCA Records
Released: 2005

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Article: Book Review

Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way

by Florence Wetzel
November 27, 2005

Peter J. LevinsonTommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big WayDa Capo Press352 pagesISBN: 0306811111 Tommy Dorsey is certainly one of jazz' most picturesque characters, and this new biography does a marvelous job of bringing the trombonist to life. Dorsey (1905-1956) was in ...

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Article: Swing Set

Tommy Dorsey: "Marie"

by David Rickert
June 25, 2005

Brotherly Love It all started, or rather ended, with a tempo change. The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra broke up when Tommy Dorsey abruptly walked off the stage during an engagement at the Glen Island Casino after an argument over the tempo of a tune. However, the seeds of discord had been planted long ago. The Dorsey Brothers, ...

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