1996 32c Big Band Leaders: Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
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US #3097
1996 Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
- Part of set featuring four legendary Big Bank Leaders
- 7th pane in the Legends of Music series
- Stamps were issued on same day as Songwriters stamps in same series
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Big Band Leaders, American Music series
Value: 32¢, First-Class mail rate
First Day of Issue: September 11, 1996
First Day City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 23,025,000
Printed by: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Lithographed
Format: Panes of 20 (4 across, 5 down) from plates of 120 (12 across, 10 down)
Perforations: 11.1 x 11
Why the stamp was issued: The five stamps in the Big Band Leaders set honor talented individuals who contributed to the sound of Big Band music. They include Count Basie, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman.
About the stamp design: The portraits of the four big band leaders were made by Bill Nelson, who works in colored pencils on recycled charcoal paper. He had previously designed album covers for big band recordings compiled by Time-Life Records.
First Day City: The set of five Big Band Leaders stamps was dedicated at Shubert Alley in New York City. The Songwriters stamps from the same series were issued at the same time. It kicked off the US Postal Service’s American Music Stamp Festival 1996. Family members of the men featured on the stamps were present at the ceremony.
About the Legends of American Music Series: The Legends of American Music Series debuted on January 8, 1993, and ran until September 21, 1999. More than 90 artists are represented from all styles of music: rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm and blues, country and western, jazz and pop, opera and classical, gospel and folk. In addition to individual singers and Broadway musicals, subjects include band leaders, classical composers, Hollywood songwriters and composers, conductors, lyricists, and more. The Legends of American Music Series was a huge advancement for diversity because it honored many Black and female artists.
History the stamp represents: The success of the Benny Goodman Orchestra in 1935 led to the formation of other big bands led by such talented individuals as Count Basie, Tommy and jimmy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller.
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey: Together and separately, brothers Thomas and James Dorsey led some of America’s most popular dance orchestras. The sons of a music teacher, both benefited from early musical instruction. Early in his career Jimmy became a prominent clarinet and soprano saxophone player; Tommy, a superior trombonist and trumpeter.
The brothers formed a band together in 1933 featuring such notable musicians as Glenn Miller, Ray McKinley, and Bob Crosby. In 1935 Tommy formed his own; both continued their commercial success. The brothers teamed up to create the motion picture The Fabulous Dorseys in 1947. After peaking in popularity in the early 1940s, Jimmy gave up his band to join Tommy’s in 1953. Tommy remained the band’s leader, and Jimmy became the featured soloist, although for the purpose of show the roles were sometimes reversed.
When Tommy died suddenly in 1956, Jimmy took over the band, leading it until illness forced him to turn it over to Lee Castle. Some critics claimed the Dorseys strayed too far from their jazz roots, creating instead superior popular music. However, both were influential as musicians and as band leaders in jazz and pop styles of music.
US #3097
1996 Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
- Part of set featuring four legendary Big Bank Leaders
- 7th pane in the Legends of Music series
- Stamps were issued on same day as Songwriters stamps in same series
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Big Band Leaders, American Music series
Value: 32¢, First-Class mail rate
First Day of Issue: September 11, 1996
First Day City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 23,025,000
Printed by: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Lithographed
Format: Panes of 20 (4 across, 5 down) from plates of 120 (12 across, 10 down)
Perforations: 11.1 x 11
Why the stamp was issued: The five stamps in the Big Band Leaders set honor talented individuals who contributed to the sound of Big Band music. They include Count Basie, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman.
About the stamp design: The portraits of the four big band leaders were made by Bill Nelson, who works in colored pencils on recycled charcoal paper. He had previously designed album covers for big band recordings compiled by Time-Life Records.
First Day City: The set of five Big Band Leaders stamps was dedicated at Shubert Alley in New York City. The Songwriters stamps from the same series were issued at the same time. It kicked off the US Postal Service’s American Music Stamp Festival 1996. Family members of the men featured on the stamps were present at the ceremony.
About the Legends of American Music Series: The Legends of American Music Series debuted on January 8, 1993, and ran until September 21, 1999. More than 90 artists are represented from all styles of music: rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm and blues, country and western, jazz and pop, opera and classical, gospel and folk. In addition to individual singers and Broadway musicals, subjects include band leaders, classical composers, Hollywood songwriters and composers, conductors, lyricists, and more. The Legends of American Music Series was a huge advancement for diversity because it honored many Black and female artists.
History the stamp represents: The success of the Benny Goodman Orchestra in 1935 led to the formation of other big bands led by such talented individuals as Count Basie, Tommy and jimmy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller.
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey: Together and separately, brothers Thomas and James Dorsey led some of America’s most popular dance orchestras. The sons of a music teacher, both benefited from early musical instruction. Early in his career Jimmy became a prominent clarinet and soprano saxophone player; Tommy, a superior trombonist and trumpeter.
The brothers formed a band together in 1933 featuring such notable musicians as Glenn Miller, Ray McKinley, and Bob Crosby. In 1935 Tommy formed his own; both continued their commercial success. The brothers teamed up to create the motion picture The Fabulous Dorseys in 1947. After peaking in popularity in the early 1940s, Jimmy gave up his band to join Tommy’s in 1953. Tommy remained the band’s leader, and Jimmy became the featured soloist, although for the purpose of show the roles were sometimes reversed.
When Tommy died suddenly in 1956, Jimmy took over the band, leading it until illness forced him to turn it over to Lee Castle. Some critics claimed the Dorseys strayed too far from their jazz roots, creating instead superior popular music. However, both were influential as musicians and as band leaders in jazz and pop styles of music.