Essential Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller - Essential Glenn Miller

Essential Glenn Miller
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Artist: Glenn Miller
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-06-28
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. In the Mood
  2. Tuxedo Junction
  3. Serenade in Blue
  4. Blueberry Hill
  5. I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
  6. Moon Love
  7. Over the Rainbow
  8. Stairway to the Stars
  9. Little Brown Jug
  10. A String of Pearls / Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
  11. Juke Box Saturday Nigh
  12. The Woodpecker Song
  13. When You Wish Upon a Star
  14. Imagination
  15. The Booglie Wooglie Piggy
  16. Moonlight Cocktail
  17. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
  18. Blue Rain
  19. Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Music CD 2
  1. Pennsylvania 6-5000
  2. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
  3. Elmer's Tune
  4. Chattanooga Choo Choo
  5. The Story of a Starry Night
  6. At Last
  7. American Patrol
  8. Fools Rush In
  9. The Nearness of You
  10. Blue Orchids
  11. Song of the Volga Boatmen
  12. Moonlight Serenade
  13. Over There
  14. The St. Louis Blues March
  15. Peggy, The Pin-Up Girl
  16. Along the Santa Fe Trail
  17. Mission to Moscow
  18. Medley: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) / Shoo-Shoo Baby / The Way
  19. G.I. Jive

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Music Review: A Spectactular and Much-Needed Remastering
Rating: 5 Stars

To most people the words "big band" means Glenn Miller (1901-1944.) Born in Iowa, Miller showed an early interest in music and dropped out the University of Colorado to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician. As it happened, the dream was too small for the man: by the time of his death his was easily the best known popular musician in the world, working with a host of major musicians to create a unique, tightly harmonic sound that often involved mingling saxophones with the brass section. Not everyone was impressed, and it is true there is a certain "safeness" in Miller's mainstream swing, especially when compared with the likes of Benny Goodman and other jazz masters--but Miller frequently noted that he wanted a dance band, not a jazz band, and while he may not have created swing, he damn sure defined for an entire generation. From about 1938 to his untimely death in 1942, Glenn Miller and his orchestra played to packed houses, his records dominated the charts, and he was the first musician to receive a Gold Record. At the time of his death he was arguably the best known popular musician in the world, and while times and tastes have changed, but Miller is still known, still played, and still beloved by legions of fans the world over.

THE ESSENTIAL GLENN MILLER--well, like all collections you can argue over what should have been included and excluded. I personally feel that several selections are distinctly minor and I greatly regret the exclusion of "Sunrise Serenade." That said, however, the double CD THE ESSENTIAL GLENN MILLER is easily one of the best Miller anthologies going. The great thing about it is not so much the selection (some are indeed superior in terms of selection) as it is the absolutely marvelous remastering. Every few years some manufacturer somewhere puts out a Miller CD, and the results are usually pretty dire. Not so here. Every instrument shines clear and the harmonies are dazzlingly clear, as pristine as the moment they were first recorded. It's the best remastering of a Miller collection I have encountered to date. Strongly recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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