[78-L] Paul Tanner, last surviving member of Glenn Miller's orchestra, dies

[Jeff Sultanof]

Taylor,

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I will state mine this way.
If I had a choice to make between the Miller 1938-42 band and the AEF, for
me the choice is easy. The AEF band was pure Miller in its sound (it used
many of the arrangements that were played by the civilian band), blended
better and swung harder. In many ways, it was as if the original Miller
band added strings and stayed on the road when new arrangements entered the
book. I would certainly look at it as classic.

Jeff Sultanof

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> I guess a case could be made,  but I'd define the classic Miller band as
> the
> one which the public knew and loved of the 1939 - 42 period...the one which
> made the records which made the band the most popular of the era...and
> still
> the most popular,  70 years later.
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Paul Tanner, last surviving member of Glenn Miller's
> orchestra, dies
>
>
> > On 07/02/13 00:30, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> >> I don't think Peck is considered part of the "classic" Miller band.  Kay
> >> made that one record but was only with the band for a couple of weeks,
> >> as I
> >> recall.
> >>
> >> Bassist Trigger Alpert is now the last living member of the famous
> Miller
> >> band.
> >>
> >> Taylor
> >>
> > ============
> > What are the qualifications to be considered a Miller alumnus? I would
> > have thought that Miller had two "classic" periods: the civilian and the
> > AEF bands.
> >
> >       Julian Vein
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