This box set contains Disques Festival's releases "A memorial for Glenn Miller" Vol 1 + Vol 2, originally edited with references "Album 149" and "Album 230" Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society : SDRM SACEM SACD SGDL
Directed by Ray McVay. Ever since Helen Miller asked Tex Beneke to front a Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1946, there has hardly been a time when we haven't had an official Glenn Miller band, following in the steps of the original Orchestra. For me the 1938-42 civilian band was the band that has been part of my life since I was a young teenager.
ww2dbase In 1923, Miller enrolled in the University of Colorado, but withdrew after a while to play the trombone with a number of dance bands. He settled in New York, New York, United States in 1928, arranging music for other bandmasters, and in March 1937 he made an unsuccessful attempt to form his own band. Friends persuaded him to try again
The “road rats” of the Glenn Miller Orchestra have learned to adapt to their hectic life on wheels. At a time when big band sounds of the 1930s and 1940s are making a comeback on radio stations, the Glenn Miller “ghost” band never has been more popular. Orchestra members seem proud of their roles as curators of a musical treasure. G6B5UH.