James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. More about Jimmy Dorsey
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Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States, the first son of Theresa Langton Dorsey and Thomas Francis Dorsey. His father, Thomas, was initially a coal miner, but would later become a music teacher and marching-band director. Both Jimmy and his younger brother, Tommy Dorsey, were musically active during their childhoods and by the age of seven, Jimmy was already playing with his father's band. He made his first public appearance at the age of 9 while playing trumpet with J. Carson McGee's King Trumpeters in New York in 1913. He switched to alto saxophone in 1915, and then learned clarinet. Jimmy Dorsey played on a clarinet outfitted with the Albert system of fingering, as opposed to the more common Boehm system used by most of his contemporaries including Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.In total, we tracked 92 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Dorsey (Signed BIG BAND Real autographs Jimmy Dorsey Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller) was sold in July 2016 for $227.50 while the cheapest item (Bob Eberly Autograph, Big Band Vocalist With Jimmy Dorsey) found a new owner for $1.25 in January 2023. The month with the most items sold (5) was February 2021 with an average selling price of $22.00 for an autographed item of Jimmy Dorsey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2016 with $227.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.99 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Dorsey is worth $21.24.
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Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Bob Eberly Autograph, Big Band Vocalist With Jimmy Dorsey | $1.25 | ||
Bob Eberly signed big band singer Jimmy Dorsey 8x10 B&W publicity photo | $4.40 | ||
CIRCA 1930s VINTAGE JIMMY DORSEY AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO - PLUS BAND MEMBER AUTOS | $14.61 | ||
CIRCA 1940S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM FEATURING TOMMY JIMMY DORSEY BANDLEADERS SIGNATURES | $24.50 | ||
Jimmy Dorsey 8 x 10 Signed Photo Jazz Music | $150.00 | ||
Jimmy Dorsey autograph 1947 University of Illinois Independent Informal program. | $7.47 | ||
Jimmy Dorsey autograph, 1949, University of Illinois, Junior Prom | $9.99 | ||
JIMMY DORSEY AUTOGRAPHED 78 RECORD - DECCA No. 1508 | $9.00 | ||
Jimmy Dorsey Autographed Vintage Album Page Big Band Leader Jazz Music Great JSA | $19.99 | ||
Teddy Walters Signed Album Page From 1944 Jimmy Dorsey Band Orchestra Autograph | $40.00 |