The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

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jazz band

The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra was a prominent American jazz and dance band of the 1920s and 1930s led by trombonist Tommy Dorsey and his brother, saxophonist and clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bing Crosby and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	1
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra	1
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra canonical	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz band ⓘ
activePeriod	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ
associatedAct	Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dorsey Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	dance band music ⓘ jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
hasGenreInfluence	big band ⓘ
hasInstrumentalist	clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey ⓘ saxophonist Jimmy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ trombonist Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Jimmy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableRole	helped popularize swing-influenced dance music in the 1930s ⓘ
hasNotableStyle	arranged dance music for ballroom dancing ⓘ early swing arrangements ⓘ
hasSiblingLeaders	Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
leader	Jimmy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfFormation	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	popular dance band recordings in the early swing era ⓘ
partOf	American big band era NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tommy Dorsey → memberOf → The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra ⓘ

Helen O’Connell → memberOf → The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

Temptation → hasNotablePerformer → The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bing Crosby and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra