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Glenn Miller: In the Mood
by David Rickert
One Of the Kings Of Swing While many people argued whether Goodman or Shaw was the better musician, nobody during the Swing Era could ignore that Glenn Miller left both of them in his wake once he hit the scene. Sure, the bespectacled, tight-lipped bandleader seemed more like the leader of a choir than a swing ...
Glen Island Special Vol. 3 - The Great Instrumentals - Original Recordings 1938-1942
By Glenn Miller
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2004
Glenn Miller: The Godfather Of Bop?
by Richard Jessen
The idea of Glenn Miller being the godfather of bop at first sounds like the most outlandish of ideas. Yet this is just what he became. In 1939, Glenn Miller recorded the first evidence we have of what would become known as be-bop (later known as bop). Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary tells us that ...
Glenn Miller: Miller plays Mercer
by Ian Nicolson
Chapter 1 - in which the cat gets the cream. The Miller band at the height of their powers playing sixteen lapidary lyrical gems from Porter's equal, Johnny Mercer, recorded when both were flying. And although Mercer's albums with Benny Goodman are better celebrated, Miller's respect for the man he called the best matches Mercer smile ...
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