Johnny Knorr's latest recording has just been released and you may purchase it online.  "Just the Way You Like It" is a 50th Anniversary tribute to one of America's great band leaders. This collection features the best of the best.   It has been remastered and remixed for digital perfection.  Some songs have never been released in digital form and some have only appeared on cassette!  This is your chance to own a wonderful collection of big band music.  Put on your dancing shoes and head to the dance floor!  Listen to samples and order online right now!

Toledo Legends
Johnny Knorr nears 50 years of making music
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It’s been almost 50 years since the Johnny Knorr Orchestra first took the stage to perform and, as far as Knorr is concerned, this Toledo-based musical group isn’t taking its last bow anytime soon.

“Music’s been my life,” Knorr said. “I love playing and hearing the music and, as long as I can hang in there, we’ll keep playing.”
Johnny and Jerry Knorr

Now, as he anticipates the half-century anniversary of his orchestra in 2010, the man who has helped keep big band music alive in Toledo is reflecting back on the past five decades of his career.

Johnny Knorr Orchestra Celebrates ‘Golden’ Anniversary
Sylvania Advantage / September 2009

by Michael Drew Shaw

Johnny Desmond, the great vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, once told Johnny Knorr, “You play that sax the way I like to hear it.” Johnny Knorr coined that compliment as his trademark, “The music you like, the way you like to hear it” and has been using it ever since.
JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT, Johnny’s first CD in over 10 years is a tribute to the Johnny Knorr Orchestra 50th Anniversary. It is a collection of some of their greatest renditions of hits songs from the 1930s and 40s under the direction of one of America’s most accomplished big band leaders.