Big-Band Leader Glenn Miller Vanished 80 Years Ago. His Death Started the ‘Legacy’ Band Trend. David Browne. Sun, December 15, 2024 at 2:30 PM UTC. 10 min read.

The Pulse of Entertainment: “We have this album,” said Erik Stabnau, music director of Glenn Miller's orchestra about why we were talking.

Glenn Miller performed over 500 shows on Armed Forces radio, later known as the American Forces Network, Europe. Mr. Miller was said to have been very excited about an upcoming concert in Paris.

Bloomington's own music legend Phil Spaulding, past pianist for the Glenn Miller touring band, just turned 91. Spaulding will be in the audience July 30 as the Buskirk-Chumley Theater presents the ...

In an effort to emulate the sound of jazz musician Stan Getz, Stabnau gravitated toward jazz and big-band music early on in his life and found himself playing for Glenn Miller Orchestra in June 2017.

Miller so defined the American musical experience that the Greatest Generation was often dubbed the Glenn Miller Generation. By 1942, Miller and his band had lit up concert halls and movie screens ...

In 1942, Miller joined the military and assembled the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. The group, which was sent to England to entertain the U.S. troops fighting in World War II via live and ...

But behind Miller's success, a world war was raging. So in 1942, at the height of his civilian stardom, he traded his suit and baton for a uniform, enlisting as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces.

Q: I had done an interview with The Glenn Miller Orchestra back in the early ’90s, I believe, and the guy I talked to was the musical director at that time — his name was Larry O’Brien.

Phil Spaulding, 91, a former Glenn Miller band member, is excited hear the Glenn Miller Orchestra perform in Bloomington. News Sports Lifestyle Advertise Opinion Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller, one of the kings of the big-band scene - the dance-pop of its time - stepped aboard a military plane to cross the English Channel from England to France.