George Dorsey

While the surname Dorsey is a big deal in jazz circles, the journeyman saxophonist and flutist George Dorsey has nothing to do with the family that begat brothers and sometimes co-bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. George Dorsey hailed from a historical black neighborhood of Savannah, GA. He played in many big bands but stayed clear of the Dorsey Brothers. An article on the 36th Street district ...more