GLENN MILLER

Glenn Miller created one of the most recognizable big-band sounds of the swing era. A bandleader from the USA, he became famous for clarinet-led saxophone textures and arrangements such as In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, and Chattanooga Choo Choo. His music belongs to the dance-band culture of the 1930s and wartime jazz.

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  Trombone

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  There were no bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover

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  Defining Gershwin rhapsody was conceived on a train trip

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