Jimmy Dorsey - Greatest Hits [Curb]

It's a sad commentary on the state of the major record labels -- and their attention to the jazz history that they own in their vaults -- that this 13-song budget CD was the only authorized Jimmy Dorsey collection on the market in 2007. Not that this is a bad collection for what it is -- in keeping with its title, the emphasis is on the pop side of Dorsey's output, but it's impossible to ignore the quality of the musicianship behind singers Bob Eberly and Helen O'connell. It's just that 50 years after Dorsey's death, which occurred while he had one of the biggest singles of his career riding high on the charts, his legacy has come to nothing in the marketplace except for this CD and a bunch of unauthorized releases from Europe. Read More