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Jimmy Dorsey: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As James Francis Dorsey
Born February 29, 1904 • Pennsylvania
Died June 12, 1957 (aged 53) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style big-band jazz • swing
Notable Family Members brother Tommy Dorsey

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Woody Herman.
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Benny Goodman in a tuxedo with bow tie and boutonniere, smiling and holding a clarinet, circa 1945.
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Tommy Dorsey
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Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
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Glenn Miller, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiles while holding a trombone in a studio portrait from the 1940s.
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Harry James in the early 1940s.
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Chick Webb
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Charlie “Bird” Parker, 1949
Charlie Parker
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Cannonball Adderley.
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Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
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Dizzy Gillespie, 1955.
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