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It Don't Mean
A Thug...
If It Ain't Got
That Swing

Buddy Morrow
and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
bring the big band sound to Southfield.

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN
Special to The Jewish News

IV hat goes around, comes
around — at least in the
music industry.
Heralding times gone
by and an era of warm, sentimental
music and fluid dancing, the Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra, with singer Walt
Andrus, will swing through Detroit on
May 15 to play a gala concert of big
band classics at the Southfield
Pavilion.
At the helm will be widely
acclaimed trombone player and
orchestra conductor Buddy Morrow.
When he takes his instrument to his
lips, he'll produce the sweet, ener-
getic, strong interpretations of corn-
positions he's been playing for half a
century
"The music itself has to say some-
thing, rather than just be a bunch of
notes," says Morrow, - who is Jewish.
Tommy Dorsey felt the same way.
Known as "the sentimental gentle-
man of swing," Dorsey's orchestra
showcased singers such as Jack
Leonard, the Pied Pipers and 01'
Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra.
Morrow is an original member of the
orchestra.
"I had a scholarship at Juilliard, and
worked with Artie Shaw, Eddie
Duchin, Paul Whiteman, and Tommy
and Jimmy Dorsey, individually,"
Morrow recalled in a phone interview
from his Florida home. "Benny
Goodman — you name them, and

Lynne Meredith Cohn is editor of

"The Scene."

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1998
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I've been with them.
"I was born into the generation
that was completely engulfed with big
band music, so it was a natural thing
just to get into it. A kid born today
would have trouble understanding it;
he or she would be more [inclined]
toward rock. It all depends on who
your heroes are."
Still, "swing" clubs like the Velvet
Lounge in Pontiac are drawing young
adults into the swing sounds of the
big band era. Most nights, the Velvet
Lounge, and swing clubs across the
country, offer dance lessons, and late
on weekend nights, you can find
young couples moving to the sounds
their grandparents enjoyed.
There are new swing bands as well
that fill auditoriums with young fans.
And it's those fans that Morrow wants
to see at the May 15 concert.
"I'd like to see [the orchestra]
come back in full swing, so we can
fill a stadium three days in a row," he
says. "We're happy when we can fill a
night club or a venue of 1,000 peo-
ple.
"But just a few young kids who
love to dance — that doesn't solve our
problem. The swing bands of today,
they haven't lived long enough to be
serious."
Morrow is certainly serious about
his music. Raised in New Haven,
Conn., he left home when he was 17
(he earned his high school diploma
about two years ago), and "played
with just about every kind of music
you can think of."
Everybody in the Morrow family
played an instrument — Buddy took
up the trombone, while others played