Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday29 February 1904
Died17 June 1957 (age 53)
Place of birthShenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits19

Biography

Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer. Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother Tommy lasting from 1933 to 1935. He led his own orchestra before rejoining Tommy's orchestra in 1953 and taking over the orchestra after Tommy's death.