D'Angelo

In 2002, Q magazine named him in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". Jimmy Dorsey died of cancer in New York City. D'Angelo has a son with fellow neo-soul singer Angie Stone. Dorsey is considered one of the most prominent alto saxophone players of the pre-bebop era. He also performed "Be Here" (with Raphael Saadiq) from the Saadiq album Instant Vintage. Jimmy Dorsey appeared in a number of Hollywood motion pictures, including That Girl From Paris, Shall We Dance?, The Fleet's In, Lost in Harlem, I Dood It, and the bio-pic with his brother Tommy, The Fabulous Dorseys. The lead single was "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", a huge R&B hit, buoyed by an innovative video feature a nude D'Angelo performing the song with no accompaniment or ornamentation. In 1953 he joined Tommy's Orchestra, renamed "The Fabulous Dorseys"; he took over leadership of the orchestra after Tommy's death.

The much-delayed follow-up to Brown Sugar, Voodoo, was finally released in 2000 and debuted at #1. Jimmy continued leading his own band until the start of the 1950s. In the five year gap between Brown Sugar and the follow-up, D'Angelo appeared on several soundtracks, including Belly ("Devil's Pie"), frequently singing covers like "Girl You Need a Change of Mind" (Eddie Kendricks, Get on the Bus), "She's Always in My Mind" (Prince, Scream 2) and "Heaven Must Be Like This" (The Ohio Players, Down in the Delta), as well as appearing on Lauryn Hill's landmark The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Tommy broke off to form his own band in 1935. The album was a critical success as well, and appeared on many critics' "best of" lists for the year. After returning to the USA he worked briefly with Rudy Vallee and several other bandleaders, in addition to the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Tommy. The album was eventually a hit, though sales were sluggish at first, and helped kickstart the burgeoning nu soul singers of the 1990s (along with Maxwell, Erykah Badu and others). He joined Ted Lewis's band in 1930, with whom he toured Europe.

He began performing as a young child, and recorded his debut album, Brown Sugar (album), in 1995. The brothers also appeared as session musicians on many jazz recordings. Michael D'Angelo Archer (born February 11, 1974 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American soul singer, professionally known as simply D'Angelo. He did much free lance radio and recording work throughout the 1920s. Download sample of "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" from Voodoo. He formed a band with his brother Tommy, then in 1924 joined the California Ramblers (who were based in New York City). He switched to saxophone in 1915, and then learned to double on clarinet.

He played trumpet in his youth, appearing on stage in a Vaudeville act as early as 1913. Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the son of a music teacher and older brother of Tommy Dorsey who also became a prominent musician. James "Jimmy" Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader.