Where does Glenn Miller Orchestra perform next and when?”
Broken Arrow, March 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Glenn Miller Orchestra band is scheduled to perform on stage this Sunday. The band will put in front of the audience some of Glenn Miller’s best compositions which had mesmerized the audience of the nineteen thirties and forties and still continue to do the same. The band will be performing at Broken Arrow PAC according to reports and the concert will begin at 2 p.m. The Glenn Miller Orchestra band had done many performances after its formation in the year 1956. The band was formed by Glenn Miller back in the year 1937, according to reports. Glenn Miller wanted his band to put some unheard music compositions on stage and with the unusual combination of clarinet and tenor saxophone the music still remains the jazz lover’s favorite. The band will recreate on stage some of the old Glenn Miller numbers along with some new jazz music. The reportedly nineteen-member team is famous for their world tours and live concerts. This year too they have li
This article is about the jazz musician. For the college basketball coach, see Glen Miller (basketball coach). Glenn Miller Background information Birth name Alton Glenn Miller Born March 1, 1904(1904-03-01) Clarinda, Iowa, U.S. Origin Glenn Miller Orchestra Died Missing December 15, 1944 (aged 40) English Channel (presumably) Genres Swing music Big band Occupations Bandleader, Musician, Arranger, Composer Instruments Trombone Years active 1923–1944 Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known “Big bands”. Miller’s signature recordings include In the Mood, American Patrol, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight Serenade, Little Brown Jug and Pennsylvania 6-5000.[1] While traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller’s plane disappeared in bad weather
One of the longest-lived, and most successful, “ghost bands” returns to the Tulsa area, when the Glenn Miller Orchestra performs 2 p.m. Sunday at the Broken Arrow PAC, 701 S. Main St. in Broken Arrow. Trombonist Larry O’Brien is the music director for the band, which re-creates the sound and music of the much-loved ensembles that Miller led in the 1930s and ’40s, before his untimely death during World War II. Tickets are $20. 596-7111, tulsaworld.com/mytix. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee Donald Ryan and his trio will perform 5 p.m. Sunday at the Jazz Depot, 111 E. First St. It’s $15, $20 table seating. 596-7111, tulsaworld.com/mytix. Russell Young first made his name as a photographer when he snapped the image used for the cover of George Michael’s album “Faith.” He moved on to directing music videos while remaining an in-demand celebrity photographer.
