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[h3]Glenn Miller's reputation was a contradiction, regarded as both a jazz genius and also strongly disapproved of, by many jazz aficionados. [/h3]
They muttered about his meticulous musical preparation that went against the improvised spirit of jazz, but what rankled more was that The Glenn Miller Orchestra was immensely successful. Miller used his phenomenal popularity to raise the morale of civilians, and over one million troops, during World War II.
Miller’s musical revolt began in Nebraska. His father gave him a mandolin, but the boy was interested in brass and quickly traded his strings for an old horn. In Missouri, he moved on to the trombone, playing in a town band and at 14, now a resident of Fort Morgan, Miller joined his high school band.
Music pulled Miller from his college career in 1923; lectures were interfering with too many auditions. He toured with several orchestras, settling for a while in Los Angeles and writing some arrangements for Ben Pollack’s group. He then moved to New York, recording with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, the as yet unknown Bing Crosby, and others.
His first recording under his own name used six horns, a rhythm section and a string quartet, and sold only a few hundred records. Two years later Miller formed his own band, but that too secured only a few brief gigs.
Depressed, back in New York, Miller realised the problem: he needed a unique sound. What he invented was a new reed section sound. He made the clarinet play a melodic line with a tenor sax on the same note, while three saxophones play a complementary harmonic line. With this sound, The Glenn Miller Orchestra was on the sweet road to success.
Then came Pearl Harbour. Miller joined the army with the rank of captain and devoted himself to reorganising the army band. Then he formed the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band, that gave over 800 performances to US servicemen in two years.
Set to tour Europe, Miller left London on a flight to Paris in December 1944. His transporter disappeared over the English Channel and the wreckage was never recovered.
His band continued to play for troops until August 1945, when the members were discharged and returned to New York.
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- The disappearance of Miller’s aircraft may have been caused by bad weather. However, records also suggest that bombs, jettisoned by Allied bombers returning from an aborted mission, may have inadvertently struck the plane.
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938-1942 Broadcast Versions They Never Recorded
1945: On the Continent
20 Best of Glenn Miller Orchestra
American Patrol 1945
Army Air Force Band [BOX SET]
At The Meadowbrook Ballroom, Vol. 2 [LIVE]
Back to the Miller Sound
Best of Glenn Miller [St. Clair]
Big Band Bash 1939-44
Big Band Sounds
Candlelight Miller
Chattanooga Choo Choo [Prime Cuts]
Chattanooga Choo Choo: The #1 Hits
Christmas Concert [LIVE]
Christmas Serenade in the Glenn Miller Style
Christmas Time at Cafe Rouge, 1940 [LIVE]
Classic Original Live Recordings [LIVE]
Complete Glenn Miller (1938-42) [BOX SET]
Coney Island Baby
Early Years
Essential Jazz
Falling in Love with Glenn Miller
Flying Home
Fresh As a Daisy
Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits
Glenn Miller & the Army Air Forces Training Command Band
Glenn Miller Orchestra - Greatest Hits 1940-1942 [LIVE]
Glenn Miller Time 1965/Great Songs of the 60's
Golden Greats: Encore Collection
Great Instrumentals
Here We Go Again
I Got Rhythm
In the Christmas Mood [BOX SET]
In The Digital Mood (Limited Edition) (Gold CD)
In the Mood [Pro Arte]
In True Stereo
Isn't It Romantic
It Was Wonderful: Chesterfield Shows 1941-1942
Jazz Collection: Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band/War
Broadcasts
Legendary Performer
Live in Europe [LIVE]
Lost Recordings (RCA)
Memorial
Miller Plays Mercer
Miller Sound Lives Forever [BOX SET]
Moonlight Cocktail: Live in 1939-40 [LIVE]
Moonlight Serenade (Ranwood)
On The Air (Jazz Archives)
Operation: Build Morale
Original Reunion
Popular Recordings
Pure Gold
Rare Broadcast Performances
Secret Broadcasts
So Far So Good
Spirit is Willing
Sustaining Remote Broadcasts, Vols. 1-2 [LIVE]
Swing Time
Swinging
The Best of Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Best of the Army Air Force Band
The Best of the Lost Recordings & Secret Broadcasts
The Carnegie Hall Concert [LIVE]
The Chesterfield Broadcasts, Vol. 1 [LIVE]
The Essential Glenn Miller
The Glenn Miller Story [SOUNDTRACK]
The Golden Years: 1938-1942 [BOX SET]
Time Alone Will Tell
Tuxedo Junction
Ultimate Collection
Unforgettable Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Vol. 1 & 2-In the Christmas Mood
Vol. 11-Reminiscing Time
Vol. 3-I Sustain the Wings
War Broadcasts
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