The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Plays The Van Wezel 2/28

The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra lead by Bill Tole will bring the young and the "young at heart" back in time at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, February 28 at 7 p.m.

The big band era that brought us The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and with it jazz and pop standards like "I'm Glad There is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's the Dreamer in Me" didn't die with the legends who wrote and popularized the tunes. For years, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra has been going strong and its newest band leader Bill Tole breathes passion and honesty into the music we know and love. Tole, like the Dorseys, hails from PA, and actually played Tommy Dorsey in the 1977 release New York, New York. Bill has performed with many of the greats. He has played with big band leaders Ray Anthony, Tex Beneke, Louis Bellson, Les Brown, Bob Crosby, Harry James, Quincy Jones, Nelson Riddle, and Si Zentner, and recorded albums with great singing artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Barry Manilow, Tom Jones, Pearl Bailey, and has done many recordings and television specials with Frank Sinatra. Nancy Knorr will be the featured soloist for the performance. Knorr will pay tribute to the legendary Helen O'Connell while recreating the elegance and sounds of the 1940's with her own style and vocal ease. Nancy has been the lead singer of the famed Pied Pipers since 1983.

Ticket prices range from $10 to $35. For more information and to buy tickets, contact the Van Wezel Box office at
(941) 953-3368 or log onto www.vanwezel.org. This show is sponsored by The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota.