[DOC] [TLE] Tommy Dorsey - Wikipedia [PAR] Trombone and trumpet. Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (November 19, 
1905  November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, 
conductor and bandleader of the Big Band era. ... See media help. ... In 1940, 
Dorsey hired singer Frank Sinatra from bandleader Harry James. Frank Sinatra 
made eighty... [DOC] [TLE] Glenn Miller - Wikipedia [PAR] Alton Glenn Miller was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and 
bandleader in ... On a March 21, 1928, Victor session, Miller played alongside 
Tommy Dorsey, .... Frank Sinatra and Mel Torm held the orchestra in high 
regard. ... the band after Miller's death: "All I can say is that Glenn should have 
lived, and... [DOC] [TLE] Buddy Rich - Wikipedia [PAR] In 1938, he was hired to play in Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, where he met and 
performed with Frank Sinatra. In 1942, Rich left the Dorsey band to join the 
United... [DOC] [TLE] Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey Band - Frank Sinatra Dedicated ... [PAR] Oct 14, 2015 ... Frank was watching Tommy Dorsey playing the trombone and trying ... Those 
years, it was the band leaders that were popular and known in the bands, ... So 
Frank hired few lawyers and asked some friends to help him about this issue. ... 
and we don't have many recorded radio broadcasts survived till now. [DOC] [TLE] The Night Sinatra Happened | Vanity Fair [PAR] James Kaplan, in an excerpt from his new Sinatra biography, describes the 
young singer's ... as the band singer Louise Tobin and her husband, the 
trumpeter and bandleader Harry James. ... But when Frank walked away, James 
came right after him. ... And in a country crowded with big-band talentTommy 
Dorsey, Benny... [DOC] [TLE] Tommy Dorsey Biography - Swing Music Net [PAR] Our extensive Tommy Dorsey biography traces his career from the 1930s through 
a ... After receiving music instruction from his father, Tommy played both trumpet 
and ... By 1935 they had one of the hottest bands in the country and may well 
have ... I've read that if the band was playing a ballad that Sinatra was singing 
and... [DOC] [TLE] By John Twomey - a cordial welcome to jazzsight [PAR] There are few more incredible stories than the one Tommy Dorsey wrote himself. 
... Sinatra later said that only two people scared him during his life; his mother 
and ... His abstinence from alcohol while trying to get his band off of the ground 
was .... inspired to play after hearing the trumpet of Armstrong passing by 
Davenport... [DOC] [TLE] A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey - University of Colorado Boulder [PAR] Apr 21, 2015 ... where Pop Dorsey became leader of the municipal band and a music teacher. 
The young. Dorseys played in their father's band and started touring with other 
area .... gave Dorsey a serious financial boost and helped him to feature a ... 
male singer Frank Sinatra, who had auditioned for the Chester band in... [DOC] [TLE] The Historical Evolution of the Jazz Trombone: Part Two, Page 3 [PAR] Tizol left Lucas when that band lost its regular engagement and soon found ... the 
other trombonists, but his valve trombone helped Ellington create a new sound. ... 
band leaders, including Ellington, James, Frank Sinatra, and Nat "King" Cole. ... 
As a soloist, Dorsey popularized a school of high register ballad playing started... [DOC] [TLE] Frank Sinatra: the Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer | VQR ... [PAR] It could not have helped that his parents had wanted a girl instead of a boy. ... In 
1939 Harry James, a trumpet player and the leader of a new big band, heard 
Sinatra on the radio, drove out to see him, ... Sinatra's big break came in 1940, 
when he caught the eye of Tommy Dorsey, one of the biggest of the big band 
leaders. [DOC] [TLE] Tommy Dorsey - Conductor, Trombone Player - Biography.com [PAR] Sep 18, 2014 ... Tommy Dorsey was an American trombonist and bandleader who helped usher 
in the big

Question: This trumpet-playing band-leader helped Sinatra get started, & lost him to the Tommy Dorsey band
Answer: Harry James