This CD consists of twenty tunes made at a marathon transcription recording session in New York in September, 1935, shortly after the Dorsey Brothers had parted ways. The repertoire is mainly popular hit melodies and show tunes of the 1930’s, exposed to a swinging dance-band treatment. Fine vocals on many of the tunes are provided by Kay Weber and Bob Eberle. The Tommy Dorsey Band of 1935 was an important bridge between the hot “jazz age” and the more sophisticated “swing era”.
Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto saxophone), Salvatore “Toots” Camarata (trumpet), Kay Weber, Bob Eberle (vocal).
Dorsey Stomp
Cheek to Cheek
Wolverine Blues
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
The Peanut Vendor
You Are My Lucky Star
Three Little Words
It Never Dawned on Me
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
Tap Dancer’s Nightmare
No Strings (I’m Fancy Free)
I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’
On a Sunday Afternoon
Double Trouble
I Wished on the Moon
My Very Good Friend, the Milkman
From the Top of Your Head
The Gentleman Obviously Doesn’t Believe
I’m on a See-Saw
Beebe
