A Glenn Miller history lesson

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL) | October 6, 2005 | Copyright

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality." - Glenn Miller Trombonist Glenn Miller started his professional touring with bands in the early 1920s. Over the next 15 years or so, as a freelance trombonist and music arranger, Miller played and recorded with such musicians as Ben Pollack, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and Gene Krupa.

In 1937, Miller stepped out to form his own band. There were a few recordings, a couple of week-long stints in New Orleans and Dallas, and many one-nighters, but the band failed to catch on with the public. Out of money, depressed and ...

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