Darude

. Jimmy Dorsey died of cancer in New York City. Today, Darude is considered a strong trance/electronic artist by many, and Sandstorm can still be heard at dance clubs worldwide. Dorsey is considered one of the most prominent alto saxophone players of the pre-bebop era. This album was less of a success than his previous works, but is still considered relatively good. 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. In 2002 he released his second album Rush. In 1953 he joined Tommy's Orchestra, renamed "The Fabulous Dorseys"; he took over leadership of the orchestra after Tommy's death.

Darude toured the world for nine months in 2001. Jimmy continued leading his own band until the start of the 1950s. The second single Feel the Beat followed in Sandstorm's success, becoming a #1 hit in Finland before becoming a worldwide smash. Tommy broke off to form his own band in 1935. The song was the worldwide number one selling vinyl record in the year 2000, a record of sorts for a trance number. After returning to the USA he worked briefly with Rudy Vallee and several other bandleaders, in addition to the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Tommy. In June 2000 Darude became the first Finnish artist ever to reach top 3 position on UK's single chart. He joined Ted Lewis's band in 1930, with whom he toured Europe.

The song first conquered the Finnish and other European charts before creeping onto the UK charts (via the Internet at first, getting airplay in discos and clubs before it was officially released to a waiting audience), and finally taking the world by storm. The brothers also appeared as session musicians on many jazz recordings. His first hit single Sandstorm, was a result of a collaboration with Finnish producer and artist JS16 or Jaakko Salovaara, the man behind successful artists like Bomfunk MC's and Dallas Superstars. Darude landed a deal with JS16's 16 Inch Records, and co produced the song with him. He did much free lance radio and recording work throughout the 1920s. Hoping his tracks would be big hits someday, Darude started making his music on a PC first, and then moved on to samplers and decks. He formed a band with his brother Tommy, then in 1924 joined the California Ramblers (who were based in New York City). The name evolved to the Rude, da Rude, and finally Darude. He switched to saxophone in 1915, and then learned to double on clarinet.

His friends started calling him Rude Boy after the track. He played trumpet in his youth, appearing on stage in a Vaudeville act as early as 1913. At a party with some friends, he played Swedish artist Leila K's track Rudeboys several times in a row. 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. His artist name Darude comes from the start of his career. James "Jimmy" Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader. Darude (Ville Virtanen) is a Finnish DJ.

Official JS16 site (http://www.js16.com/). 16 Inch Records (http://www.16inchrecords.com/). Blue Chip Records (http://www.bluechiprecords.com/). Official Darude site (http://www.darude.com/).