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Miller "was a stickler for details and accuracy and always the truth. How delighted he would have been with Ed Polic's superbly documented report" wrote George Simon as he recommended, The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band: Sustineo Alas / I Sustain the Wings to readers of the American Reference Books Annual. In 1314 pages, Polic covers a "small ...
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American Jazz bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) [1] was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947, but shortly after he reorganized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983.
The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger, and various cameos by ...
Irving Aaronson (1895–1963); Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, 1928–1947); Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
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David Wallis Reeves (February 14, 1838 – March 8, 1900), also known as D. W. Reeves or Wally Reeves, [1] was an American composer, cornetist, and bandleader.He developed the American march style, later made famous by the likes of John Philip Sousa, [2] and his innovations include adding a countermelody to the American march form in 1876. [3]
March 21, 1921 Danbury, Iowa, U.S. ... Lee (March 21, 1921 – December 6, 1978) was an American ... Howard Orchestra and later took over the group after Howard's ...