Free jazz concert Tuesday Nov 17, 2009
Its repertoire features the music made popular by big bands such as Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. For the concert on Tuesday, the jazz orchestra will play a medley of songs by Henry Mancini with Charlie Moresi featured on "Time After Time," Jeff Moresi on "How Deep Is The Ocean," and Hamilton on "A Foggy Day in London Town. Reader Comments The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of HeraldAndNews.com. Comment... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
View From This Side: What would you miss most, if you never had it ... Oct 23, 2009
Orchestras hopped aboard, Benny Goodman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Harry James. On and on. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
COLUMN: Songs that helped us through the Good War Sep 30, 2009
Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen reflected the sentiments of V-J Day with It s Been A Long, Long Time. Meanwhile, Peggy Lee touched a responsive chord for many American women with her Waitin For The Train To Come In. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Cantus starts off community concerts season Sep 18, 2009
Saturday, April 24 Harry James Orchestra. Season memberships for Community Concerts are available at the Mother Lode. (Montana Standard, MT)
Curtain Time: Patricia Welch to headline Sept. 11 Palm Desert concert (1) Sep 13, 2009
Feb. 21: Tribute to Big Bands, featuring sounds from the likes of Glenn Miller, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Les Brown. March 28: Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Pops, featuring Broadway star Kim Huber and Stan Chandler. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Griffin: Reminiscences about old-time radio shows Sep 8, 2009
Artie Shaw, Harry James, and Helen Forrest rank highest in his book of all-stars. Christo also is also fascinated by radio actors, some of whom would later become famous in other media. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Letters to the Pink Jul 13, 2009
Forrest sang with several major dance bands well into the 1940s and she was the vocalist for such bands as Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Harry James, among others ... She really became famous with Harry James in the early '40s. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bob Keys' column: Take a trip back in time, musically speaking that is Jul 2, 2009
Those of us who were old enough to have heard the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Harry James and dozens of other groups too many to mention, including my all-time favorite, Stan Kenton, were happy to be brought back to the Golden Age of big band music. And one more who brought his small band to my college when I was a freshmen, and Sylvia and I danced to his Snowfall theme and dozens of other popular songs from the 50s Claude Thornhill. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
Mick LaSalle answers your questions Jun 21, 2009
Meanwhile, Helen Forrest made classic recordings with three of the best big bands around: Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Harry James. Still, just because I have no particular affection for Frank Sinatra's recordings doesn't mean he wasn't a great singer, or that I don't know he was a great singer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Obits: Karlen & Beck Jun 16, 2009
She joined the USO and enjoyed dancing with service men to the music of the big bands (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Louie Prima and Harry James). After a year in California, she went to St. Theresa's college in Winona, MN where she majored in Music and English. (Marshall County Journal, SD)
Benny Goodman's music still swings May 27, 2009
A slew of great musicians came through the bands he drilled and polished until they played with gleaming precision, among them such Swing Era giants as drummer Gene Krupa, trumpeters Bunny Berigan and Harry James, pianist Jess Stacy, singer Peggy Lee, and the modernist tenor men Stan Getz and Zoot Sims ... Artie Shaw, Harry James and Glenn Miller would eventually displace Goodman at the top of the heap, but for three or four years the man who couldn't stand the moniker "King of Swing" dominated... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Concert group to launch membership drive Apr 3, 2009
Harry James Orchestra Saturday, April 24, 2010 Harry James helped to launch the careers of several young singers including Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and Helen Forrest ... It plays all the tunes Harry James made famous, including "I Had the Craziest Dream," "Sleepy Lagoon," "You Made Me Love You," and "I Don't Want to Walk Without You.". (Montana Standard, MT)
Jazz Fest features trumpeters Scodwell, Yates, Wing Apr 2, 2009
He left school in 1962 to join the Stan Kenton Orchestra, and has performed since then with such stars and organizations as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Jimmy Dorsey Band, Harry James' Las Vegas Band, Buddy Rich, Harrah's Club, Caesar's Palace and many more. He has also performed with Sinatra, Bennett, Davis, Jones, Diana Ross, Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret and Roy Clark. (East Tennessean, TN)
'40s style attitude will take the stage Mar 27, 2009
More than a concert, it s a big band theatrical swing revue that brings to life the era when all of America was listening and dancing to the same kind of music: Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskin Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, and other greats of the 1940s. Featuring a company on stage of 19 including the In the Mood Singers and Dancers and the sensational String of Pearls big band orchestra, the show s arrangements, costumes and choreography... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Entertainer Spotlight on Don DeFord (17) Mar 24, 2009
He began his professional career playing trumpet in the Harry James Orchestra, performing and touring with him for several years ... I taught school for a year and then I went on the road with Harry James. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Three Great Drinkers: Allen, Coward... Mar 21, 2009
His career began in the swing era, when he sang with the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Although his singing career stalled after the 1940s, it was revived in 1954 after he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity. (Suite101.com)
Acclaimed Jazz Drummer Dies Feb 18, 2009
He performed on more than 200 albums with jazz giants including Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. There are tentative plans for a Los Angeles-area memorial service, followed by a funeral and burial in his boyhood home of Moline, Ill. (KWTX.com, TX)
Master jazz drummer Louis Bellson dies at 84 Feb 18, 2009
Bellson's career spanned more than six decades, performing on more than 200 albums with jazz greats including Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Music)
Louie Bellson 1924-2009 Louie Bellson, 1924-2009: Legendary jazz ... Feb 17, 2009
Northwest Illinois native performed in Chicago before playing with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James. By Howard Reich | Tribune critic. (Chicago Tribune)
Big band, jazz drummer Louie Bellson dies at age 84 Feb 17, 2009
Over the years, Bellson performed with such greats as Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme and Joe Williams ... Bellson played with the Harry James band. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Louie Bellson, top drummer of big band era, composer; at 84 Feb 17, 2009
Best known as a superlative big band drummer, driving the beat for Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Duke Ellington, and others, Mr. Bellson was also an adept player in small groups ... In a 2006 interview he said he had written "The Hawk Talks" with Harry James in mind. (Boston Globe)
Obituaries in the news Feb 17, 2009
Bellson's career spanned more than six decades, performing on more than 200 albums with jazz greats including Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and his late wife Pearl Bailey. Bellson wrote more than 1,000 compositions and arrangements in several genres, including jazz, swing, orchestral suites, symphonic works and ballets. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Song in their hearts Feb 11, 2009
Heitman said Sinatra had many romance songs, like one of his first hits, "I'll Never Smile Again," which he did with Harry James Orchestra. "It was like his first big hit, really," he said. (Florida Today)
Irving Bush, 78, trumpet player Feb 11, 2009
Mr. Bush started his career playing with many top-name big bands including ones led by Harry James and Nelson Riddle. He played on recordings by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughan, and Nat King Cole. (Boston Globe)
