But what few may realize is that the template for that concept may have started 80 years ago today - with the death of a big-band musician. On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller, one of the kings of the ...

Among big-band leaders only Duke Ellington exerted more long-term influence upon jazz and American popular music. Indeed, Ellington and Basie are often cited in the same breath as exemplifying ...

Julia Keefe is a jazz singer, composer, arranger and big band leader currently working in New York City. But she's also an ...

May Blossom said Glenn Miller was very well known in the town during his time here Events to mark the anniversary of the disappearance of big band leader Glenn Miller have been taking place in the ...