Opus One

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Opus One is a popular 1943 big band jazz instrumental closely associated with trombonist and bandleader Tommy Dorsey.

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Opus One canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf big band instrumental ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ
associatedWith Sy Oliver ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey ⓘ
composer Sy Oliver ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfPopularity 1940s ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
firstPopularizedBy Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ
genre big band jazz ⓘ
hasArrangementBy Sy Oliver ⓘ
hasForm 32-bar song form ⓘ
hasKey commonly performed in B-flat major ⓘ
hasNotableInstrument trombone ⓘ
hasRecording Gene Krupa and His Orchestra recording ⓘ
Glenn Miller Orchestra (post-war) recording ⓘ
Les Brown and His Band of Renown recording ⓘ
The Mills Brothers vocal version ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra recording ⓘ
hasSection brass section features ⓘ
saxophone section features ⓘ
trombone solos ⓘ
hasTitleType opus-number pun ⓘ
influenced later big band arrangements ⓘ
instrumentation big band ⓘ
isPartOf American swing era songbook ⓘ
isStandardIn big band repertoire ⓘ
swing dance repertoire ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
notableFor association with Tommy Dorsey’s band ⓘ
brass-saxophone call and response ⓘ
tight ensemble riffs ⓘ
performancePractice features shout chorus ending ⓘ
performedBy Gene Krupa and His Orchestra ⓘ
Glenn Miller Orchestra (successor band) ⓘ
Les Brown and His Band of Renown ⓘ
The Mills Brothers ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ
style swing ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1943 ⓘ

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