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Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1937–1942) Lucky Millinder (1900–1966) Charles Mingus (1922-1979) Bob Mintzer (born 1953) (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
Miller took up the oboe at first as a teenager, because it was the only instrument available when he went to audition for his junior high school orchestra. [2] After graduating from East High School he attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, where he met and became a lifelong friend of Goddard Lieberson, who became president of the CBS music group in 1956.
Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (/ ˈ b ɛ n ə k i / BEN-ə-kee; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000 [1]) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader.His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller.
Eighty years ago on Aug. 27th, 1944, the great American bandleader Glenn Miller performed at a base some 60 miles north of London, RAF Twinwood, the hub and airfield he frequently flew in and out ...
Miller "was a stickler for details and accuracy and always the truth. How delighted he would have been with Ed Polic's superbly documented report" wrote George Simon as he recommended, The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band: Sustineo Alas / I Sustain the Wings to readers of the American Reference Books Annual. In 1314 pages, Polic covers a "small ...
Miller and Lyles American Comic duo and well known comic writers. Duo was composed of Flourney E. Miller (April 14, 1887 – June 6, 1971) and Aubrey L. Lyles (1884 - July 28, 1932). [90] Emmett Miller: February 2, 1900 1962 American Minstrel and singer noted for his yodel-like falsetto voice. Marilyn Miller: September 1, 1898 April 7, 1936 ...
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Glenn Miller (front and center). A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a dance band, rock or pop band or jazz quartet.The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music. [1]
Bandleader Glenn Miller hired May away from Barnet in 1940. "May points out that he was not responsible for any of the [Glenn Miller] band's signature hits, but he did write the beautiful left-field introduction to [Bill] Finegan's [arrangement of] 'Serenade In Blue'". [2] Miller and May had a wary relationship.