The Glenn Miller Orchestra Plays Hits of the 1940s
The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University (1 University Parkway University Park, IL 60484)
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The last date listed for The Glenn Miller Orchestra was Saturday May 15, 2010 / 3:00pm.
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Quotes & Highlights
- "The Miller sound triumphantly survives in the computer age." --Big Bands International
Description
Glenn Miller became the director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1934 after playing trombone for years with noted musicians such as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Bing Crosby. In 1938, Miller created the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and the band broke audience attendance records wherever they played. Their hit record “Tuxedo Junction” sold 115,000 copies in its first week of release. When Miller was drafted into the army in 1942, he created the Glenn Miller Army band, which played more than 800 performances in its first year. In 1944, Glenn Miller boarded a plane to Europe; the plane disappeared and was never found.
The 1953 film The Glenn Miller Story, starring Jimmy Stewart, tells the tale of Glenn Miller’s life from his early music career until his disappearance. In 2003, Miller posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Miller Estate authorized the formation of the present Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 under the direction of drummer Ray McKinley, who had become the unofficial leader of the Army Air Force Band after Miller’s disappearance. Since then, other leaders have followed, including clarinetists Buddy DeFranco and Peanuts Huncko, tenor saxophonist Dick Gerhart, and trombonists Buddy Morrow, Jimmy Henderson and current musical director Larry O’Brien. The 19-member band continues to play many of the original Miller arrangements that delight fans to this day. Additionally, they are playing more modern selections in the big-band style, carefully selecting only those newer tunes that lend themselves naturally to the signature Glenn Miller sound. The repertoire, which now exceeds 1,700 compositions, keeps the band popular with both young and old.
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