TromboneChat

Been reading the book "Livin' in a Great Big Way", the Tommy Dorsey biography by Peter Levinson. So fatherly, bespectacled Tommy with his receding hairline and huge pants was only 2 yrs older than boyish Frank Sinatra, his boy singer. They practically looked like father and son in photos. To cement the image, Tommy of course died many years before Frank.

Such a different time; trombonist Tommy made huge money by any standard. Plenty famous too. Soon, Glenn Miller would make the first million-selling record. And nowadays probably half of Americans don't even know what a trombone is, or would have to take a guess.

I don't know this book, should get it for myself!
I really love some of those recordings. When listening to this, I always feel like I've time traveled to the time where this was broadcasted on the radio stations, sitting in front of an old radio.

Dorsey was 10 years older than Sinatra. Dorsey born in 1905, Sinatra born in 1915.

Sinatra used to try to emulate Dorsey's use of air to make very long phrases with great interpretation. I think it made a big difference in his style.

I have this album, practically have it memorized! Can play many of the solos too.

So good.

BGuttman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:03 pm
Sinatra used to try to emulate Dorsey's use of air to make very long phrases with great interpretation. I think it made a big difference in his style.

True...and Tommy's tiny mouthpiece also helped him economize the air. Tommy called Frank a "soft singer" and predicted he would flop when he proposed taking off on his own. But as we certainly know, Frank had a wonderful resonance to his voice, all his life. Even more so once he got his nutritional act together and put on a few pounds!

This is the sound of a world that doesn't know what is about to hit it.

harrisonreed wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:18 am This is the sound of a world that doesn't know what is about to hit it.

More the sound of an America that's still hoping that it can stay out of what was already hitting elsewhere in the world - and the sound that helped America get through the nightmare when that hope was dashed.

Love it! Very clever, good impression too. I just recommend a visit to a barber...