Results for "Joe Garland"

Joe Garland

Born: August 15, 1903

The Glenn Miller Orchestra: In the Mood

by Jack Bowers
November 20, 2013

You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of big bands formed in the 1930s that continue to perform today, long after the storied Big Band Era has faded from national craze to modest footnote in American musical history. Foremost among the survivors is the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the latest incarnation of which ...

John Burnett Swing Orchestra / University of Missouri Concert Big Band / Either-Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
December 2, 2010

John Burnett Swing OrchestraDown for DoubleDelmark2010 John Burnett, an Englishman who now lives and works (as a morning host at WDCB Radio) in suburban Chicago, is a great admirer of the golden age of big bands in the U.S., which spanned roughly three decades, from the 1930s through ...

Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)

by David Rickert
March 22, 2010

Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) Mosaic Records 2009 As far as recordings by trumpeter Louis Armstrong go, the Decca recordings don't generate much interest. Prior to them came the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, the most influential jazz recordings ever made and ...