Opus One

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Opus One is a popular 1943 big band jazz instrumental closely associated with trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf big band instrumental
jazz composition
associatedWith Sy Oliver NERFINISHED
Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED
composer Sy Oliver NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfPopularity 1940s
era World War II era NERFINISHED
firstPopularizedBy Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
genre big band jazz
hasArrangementBy Sy Oliver NERFINISHED
hasForm 32-bar song form
hasKey commonly performed in B-flat major
hasNotableInstrument trombone
hasRecording Gene Krupa and His Orchestra recording
Glenn Miller Orchestra (post-war) recording NERFINISHED
Les Brown and His Band of Renown recording
The Mills Brothers vocal version
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra recording NERFINISHED
hasSection brass section features
saxophone section features
trombone solos
hasTitleType opus-number pun
influenced later big band arrangements
instrumentation big band
isPartOf American swing era songbook
isStandardIn big band repertoire
swing dance repertoire
language instrumental
notableFor association with Tommy Dorsey’s band
brass-saxophone call and response
tight ensemble riffs
performancePractice features shout chorus ending
performedBy Gene Krupa and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
Glenn Miller Orchestra (successor band) NERFINISHED
Les Brown and His Band of Renown NERFINISHED
The Mills Brothers NERFINISHED
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
style swing
tempo up-tempo
yearOfComposition 1943

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Tommy Dorsey notableWork Opus One