Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey
Dorsey in 1943
Background information
Birth name	James Francis Dorsey
Born	(1904-02-29)February 29, 1904 Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 12, 1957(1957-06-12) (aged 53) New York City, NY, U.S.
Genres	Big band swing Dixieland
Occupation(s)	Bandleader musician composer
Instrument(s)	Saxophone clarinet trumpet
Years active	1913–1957

James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. 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". 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 played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.