Jimmy Dorsey was one of the top band leader of the 1930's and 40's, even starring in his own movie biography. Well, not actually his own, but sharing it with his brother, Tommy.
This is a short from Vitaphone and it can be found on the "Warner Brothers Big Band, Jazz & Swing" DVD collection. This set consists of six DVDs and almost 11 hours of shorts!
And what it is, is an audiovisual documentation of the band playing music. It's not a "movie", so I do not understand why some people are complaining about the...
This ten minute musical short displays the instrumental and vocal talents associated with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. Two years earlier the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra had split over a famous quarrel between brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey that became positively legendary in the music world.
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938)*** (out of 4) Warner short has (as the title says) Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra playing five songs, which are Beebe, Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps, It's the Dreamer in Me, I Like You in Technicolor and Dusk in Upper Sandusky. If you've seen any of the Dorsey shorts then you should know what to expect and for one thing that's great music.
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