Large trade size softcover. Over 400 great bands and 72 top ranking outfits profiled at length. Over 250 marvelous photographs. The Best big bands discography ever published

The Big Bands

Arts & Photography

SIMON, George T.

Music

SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE

Moonlight Serenade, Sunrise Serenade, Little Brown Jug, In the Mood... These and other memorable tunes endeared Glenn Miller to millions in the Swing Era and all who recall those times. After playing trombone and arranging for leading orchestras of the Dorsey brothers, Ray Noble, Ben Pollack, and Red Nichols, Glenn Miller formed his own "sweet" band, which from 1938 to 1942 achieved widespread popularity second only to Benny Goodman's. Miller learned all he could from these and other bands like Jimmie Lunceford's and Artie Shaw's, going on to create a uniquely rich sound with clarinet over four saxes and four trombones ("three-part harmony sounds too thin," he once exclaimed). Simon tells of both the successes and hard times of Miller's illustrious career, up to his celebrated Army Air Force band and his untimely death.

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Da Capo Press

this is the true story of the man who created, nurtured, and dominated the most popular and the most memorable of all the big dance bands. The book traces the career of Glenn Miller from his early days as an under-privileged Midwestern schoolboy who "just had to have a trombone. through his struggling years as a sideman, and his development as a successful musician.

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Crowell

Simon, George T., Simon Says: The Sights And Sounds Of The Swing Era 1935-1955

Simon says;: The sights and sounds of the swing era, 1935-1955

Arlington House

The best writings of George T. Simon on the bands, singers, and musicals of the golden age of popular music and jazz. Contains over 225 photographs.

Simon Says: The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, 1935-1955

Galahad Books,U.S.

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Books by SIMON, George T.

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The Big Bands

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Simon says;: The sights and sounds of the swing era, 1935-1955

Simon Says: The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, 1935-1955