Big-Band Leader Glenn Miller Vanished 80 Years Ago. His Death Started the ‘Legacy’ Band Trend
The Glenn Miller Orchestra relaunched after its namesake died in a plane crash, starting a trend of bands without any ...
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The Loss of Count Basie
Among big-band leaders only Duke Ellington exerted more long-term influence upon jazz and American popular music. Indeed, Ellington and Basie are often cited in the same breath as exemplifying ...
Deseret News archives: Maj. Glenn Miller went missing during WWII flight, but the music played on
On Dec. 15, 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared ...
Town marks special Glenn Miller anniversary weekend
The Glenn Miller Memorial Weekend, in Bedford, marked the 80th anniversary of the day he boarded an aircraft at RAF Twinwood ...
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Big band in full swing at local club
He eventually found himself working as an orchestrator for films, after turning down an offer to play with big band leader Stan Kenton. “I really wanted, at one point, to see my name in big ...
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Herb Pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy became known as a "musician's musician," a leader in big band jazz, an improviser of uncommon stature, a legendary educator at the Berklee College of Music for forty-one years and founder ...
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Primary History KS2: WW2 Clips. 'In the mood'
In the mood' by Glenn Miller. Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944) was anAmerican jazz musician who later became one of the most popular band leaders in the 'Big Band' era. His most famous tunes include ...