TOMMY DORSEY

Tommy Dorsey was a jazz musician, trombonist, and bandleader from the 1920s to the 1950s, performing with all the other greats of that era, and also with his own band with his brother Jimmy. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing". Some movies that included his music are Song of India, Maria, and On Treasure Island. A movie about the Dorseys was made called The Fabulous Dorseys. He passed away in 1956 at the age of 51.