It received a Unit Citation from Gen. Eisenhower. On September 26, Miller made his final civilian broadcast on the Blue Network Coca Cola Victory parade of Spotlight Bands. General Young forwarded Millers letter to Gen. Brehon Somervell, commander of Army Service Forces who approved Millers application. Given modern technology, a well-funded and patient exploration could possibly find and identify the debris of the airplane along the required air transport corridor between Langney Point (Beachy Head) and St. Valery, France. "[125] Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces dance band, the current band consists of 18 active-duty musicians, including one vocalist. But the aerodrome was open. He. The eponymous Glenn Miller was credited to making the band iconic decades ago. Miller would successfully attempt to fuse jazz, popular music and light classics, including strings, which was an evolutionary step beyond his civilian band. [citation needed], Miller talked about his style in the May 1939 issue of Metronome magazine. Please try again. The fifth sax, playing the clarinet most of the time, lets you know whose band you're listening to. Legacy, Special Festival Extra, Clarinda Herald-Journal, Clarinda, Iowa. It became his signature theme, "Moonlight Serenade". [57] Miller's success in 1939 culminated with an appearance at Carnegie Hall on October 6, with Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, and Fred Waring also on the schedule. Miller's government-issued, white marble, memorial headstone is located in Memorial Section H (# 464-A) by Wilson Drive at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. [4][3][25], Helen Miller accepted her husband's Bronze Star Medal at a ceremony at Miller's New York business office on March 23, 1945[99] (Glenn Miller Declassified, p.304). [131][132], In 1953, Universal-International pictures released The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart; Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton, and Tex Beneke neither appear in nor are referred to in it. In 1935, he assembled an American orchestra for British bandleader Ray Noble,[44] developing the arrangement of lead clarinet over four saxophones that became a characteristic of his big band. Miller was frustrated and impatient, fearing that arrangements would not be made in time to accommodate the movement of his unit to France. xv-xvi)When Major General Anderson returned from Europe, he visited Helen Miller and informed her of the inquiry findings. With the movies success and many bandleaders imitating the Miller Sound, Helen once again built the Glenn Miller Orchestra which actively tours the U.S. even today. Since they were scheduled for a Christmas Day broadcast from Paris to England and via shortwave to the United States, news of Millers whereabouts would have to be released. His fame in life as the hit-making big band leader behind swing classics like "In the Mood" is . None were Miller band members. Research genealogy for Glenn Miller of Norwich, Connecticut, USA, as well as other members of the Miller family, on Ancestry. He arranged a clarinet and saxophone to create the Miller Sound, which no other musician was able to accurately recreate. He asked, "What do you do? [4], Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was the best-selling recording band from 1939 to 1942. [108] This ghost band played to very large audiences all across the United States, including a few dates at the Hollywood Palladium in 1947, where the original Miller band played in 1941. "We didn't come here to set any fashions in music. The Miller unit resumed the series when they returned from the European Theater in August 1945. It had a makeup similar to the Army Air Forces Band: It included a large string section, and at least initially, about two-thirds of the musicians were alumni of either the civilian or AAF orchestras. Felix Slatkin. The band appeared in movies like Sun Valley Serenade and Orchestra Wives. "Miller exuded little warmth on or off the bandstand, but once the band struck up its theme, audiences were done for: throats clutched, eyes softened. Mother of Steven Davis Miller and Private. [4] This includes: The Ambassadors in US Army Air Forces Europe, The US Army Band's Army Blues, the US Army Field Band's Jazz Ambassadors, and the US Navy Commodores. (Karen) Alderman; three grandchildren, Mark. You just stay with it. [4][3][99] Miller told Lieutenant Don Haynes, "As long as [the Miller Luck] stays with us, we have nothing to worry about. His last military unit has a memorial tree in section 13 on Wilson Drive. [75] After Miller died, the Miller estate maintained an unfriendly stance toward critics who derided the band during his lifetime. "[96], At the peak of his civilian career in 1942, Miller decided to join the armed forces, which meant forsaking an income of about $20,000 per week with his civilian band, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (equivalent to $330,000 per week in 2022). Miller relocated from the BBC radio office following the bombings. Glenn Millers death is a mystery that was never resolved. Born in Clarinda, Iowa, on March 1, 1904, bandleader and musician Glenn Miller started out playing the mandolin as a child, but quickly switched to the horn. She married her college sweetheart, Virgil Hoffman and raised four children and two stepchildren. The programs included: The American Band of the AEF (full orchestra), Swing Shift (T/Sgt. This band was led by Tex Beneke, former tenor saxophonist and a singer for the civilian band. One of its German language programs was Music for the Wehrmacht, in which Miller made announcements in phonetic German scripts with a German-speaking announcer named Isle, who was actually ABSIE announcer Gloria Wagner. [58], From December 1939 to September 1942, Miller's band performed three times a week during a quarter-hour broadcast for Chesterfield cigarettes on CBS radio[59]for the first 13 weeks with the Andrews Sisters and then on its own. [4][103] The Jazz Ambassadors of the US Army Field Band performed at the luncheon at Fort Myer that followed the ceremony. Alton Glenn Miller was born in Iowa in 1904, moving around with his family several times before settling in Colorado, where Miller graduated from high school in 1921. [4], The son of Mattie Lou (ne Cavender) Miller and Lewis Elmer Miller, Alton Glen Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa. The transport plane with Miller, Lt. Col. Norman Baessell, and pilot John Morgan never arrived in France. At that time, base band duties transferred to the 708th AAF Band, a unit of standby musicians separate from the radio orchestra. [1][2] He added the second n to "Glenn" during high school. The Birthplace house is in front of a museum devoted to Glen Miller, the exhibition space is new and fresh and has been well designed to engage the visitor in ''The Glen Miller Story''. He originally learned the cornet and mandolin, but after learning the trombone in 1916, he joined the town orchestra. Discover life events, stories and photos about Glenn Thomas Miller (1914-1964) of Oklahoma, United States. After failing to distinguish itself from the many bands of the time, it broke up after its last show at the Ritz Ballroom in Bridgeport, Connecticut on January 2, 1938. Can any other record match 'Moonlight Serenade' for its ability to induce a Pavlovian slaver in so many for so long? He formed his own band but found it hard to stand apart from the many others at the time. Steven was the music administrator of the Miller estate and also served in the marines. He received a one-month delay to settle his business affairs. The Coast Guard Band and Yale University bands performed a joint concert for the 75th anniversary of Miller's death. [4] Its personnel were gradually discharged, and the unit was disestablished in January 1946. [3][15], On October 7, 1942, Miller reported to the Seventh Service Command at Omaha as a captain in the Army Specialist Corps. Performance & security by Cloudflare. That bomb's falling from the sky and the Glenn Miller Band has zero f*cks to give. The band signed a deal with an RCA subsidiary, Bluebird Records and won the financial support of a businessman. [citation needed], Since 1975, the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society has held its annual Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa. Surviving are a son, Larry A. [99][3], Miller then applied to the US Army with whom he had privately explored the possibility of enlisting. However, in 1979, a judge ordered the executor to return $800,000 to Jonnie and Steven. [ Alton] Glenn Miller / 0505273 / US Army Air Force [Forces] - W. W. II / Born- Clarinda, Iowa - / March 1, 1904 / Missing in Action [ / Died] / Europe, Dec. 15, 1944 / 1943-1944 / 418th A.A.F.T.T.C. Unpublished Life Magazine photos of audience members breaking down with emotion while watching #TheGlennMillerStory in its original release #TCMParty pic.twitter.com/N31K0tTWjB, D Raff ? Jack Rusin and Sgt. In Bedford, the Miller unit would use facilities developed for Sir Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony. Jazz Bandleader, Trombonist. [4] The next morning, a buzz bomb landed in front of their old quarters, destroyed the building, and killed more than 100 people,[4] which included WACs among the seventy-five American personnel lost. Band- [AKA Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra] / Yale University- New Haven, CT. / I SUSTAIN THE WINGS / Sustineo Alas. In 1997, on a website administered by JazzTimes magazine, Doug Ramsey considers him overrated. Two years later, the family moved to Colorado where he joined the high school football team. His reservation on December 14 was also canceled. They began performing to larger venues including the record-breaking opening night crowd at Glen Island Casino in New York, which made the bands popularity soar. Meanwhile, preparations in France were behind schedule. It did not have a string section, but did have a slap bass in the rhythm section. His parents, Lewis Elmer and Mattie Lou (Cavender) Miller, raised four children. How do you make it?" It's tough to know if Jonnie Miller is still alive because she isn't very active on social media. (RG 342-USAF-49520 (film), NARA; Eighth Air Force, 520.071, A5835, AFHRA). 6875)[99][3]. Their concert at Wycombe Abbey, England at Eighth Air Force Headquarters, was filmed by American Forces Network on July 29, 1944. [35], In 1928, when the band arrived in New York City, he sent for and married his college sweetheart, Helen Burger. [4] Miller is considered to be the father of all modern United States military bands. [4][16] The marker has etchings of a trombone and the patches of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) and the Army Air Forces (AAF) on it. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. At 38, married and needing corrective eyeglasses, Miller was classified 3-A for the draft and unlikely to be called to service. He arranged and played music with acclaimed artists making songs like If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight and Harlem Chapel Chimes classics. "[85] But Schuller notes, "How much further [Miller's] musical and financial ambitions might have carried him must forever remain conjectural. Millers career was at its peak in 1942, but so was the war. 0505273), Air Corps, United States Army, for meritorious service in connection with military operations as Commander of the Army Air Force Band (Special), from 9 July 1944 to 15 December 1944. At the time, the Navy was dealing with a scandal concerning celebrity commissions in exchange for draft avoidance. Ditto for Glenn Miller, one of the University of Colorado Boulder's most illustrious alumni, who was the nation's most famous big-band leader when he disappeared Dec. 15, 1944, after heading out over the English Channel on a small military plane bound for Paris. In the spring of 1944, the war in Europe was nearing a turning point. AAF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. notified Millers wife, Helen, of his disappearance on December 23, 1944, with an in-person visit to their home by two senior officers and a telephone call from Gen. H. H. Arnold. Glenn Miller of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and his drummer perform in circa 1940 in New York. (pp. Hidden Gem. Helen proudly accepted the bronze star medal that was posthumously awarded to her husband for his service. His family moved several times in. Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 - missing in action December 15, 1944) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. "Annie's Cousin Fanny" was recorded for Decca and Brunswick three times. [91][92], It was a surprise that clarinetist Buddy DeFranco took on the job of leading the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late '60s and early '70s. Des Moines Register, 1994. Jonnie went on to purchase and restore the Iowa house where Glenn Miller was born. Glenn Miller: America's Musical Hero, World War II Veterans article series, Pentagram, Department of Defense, Washington, DC,1993. He and Lona, his wife of 42 years, have a son and two daughters. Members of the Noble band included Claude Thornhill, Bud Freeman, and Charlie Spivak. Paul Dudley flew to London on June 19 and the band followed aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth, which was serving as a troopship. Interviewed on Glenn Miller's Birthday on WPFW-Radio by Askia Muhammad, Washington, D.C. March 1, 1995. Who's Underrated? Their plane reportedly disappeared while flying over the English Channel. [4][103] Attendees included Sergeant Emanuel Wishnow (viola), other unit veterans, Miller's family, military service members, US senators, Glenn Miller Archives founder and curator C.F. [4] "Taps" was sounded at the wreath ceremony, memorial service and living memorial tree dedication. Then, on a foggy afternoon, December 15 . All conspiracy theories surrounding his death were therefore debunked before December 15, 2019, the 75th anniversary of his death. [32], In 1926, Miller toured with several groups, landing a good spot in Ben Pollack's group in Los Angeles. The Case: As Glenn Miller's musical career soared, he traded in his commercial success for a military uniform to entertain US troops during World War II. [37][38][39] He arranged and played trombone on several significant Dorsey brothers sessions for OKeh Records, including "The Spell of the Blues", "Let's Do It", and "My Kinda Love", all with Bing Crosby on vocals. His music is still played worldwide by professional and amateur musicians every day, including BBC radio. [4] In keeping with standard operating procedure for the US military services, Miller was officially declared dead a year and a day later. In an article written for The New Yorker magazine in 2004, Giddins said these critics erred in denigrating Miller's music, and that the popular opinion of the time should hold greater sway. [142] He has no relationship to Major Miller's family. The team won the Northern Colorado American Football Conference in 1920, and Miller was named the best Left End in Colorado. There, he appeared on the nationwide NBC Army Hour broadcast, originated from WSFA, Montgomery. She has ten grandchildren. By: Caroline John - Published: November 23, 2017 at 8:06 am. The Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra American Holly is Memorial tree number 78 in the file at this link / document, Last edited on 27 February 2023, at 19:08, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging, "All Iowa, US, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999 results for Alton Glen Miller", https://www.colorado.edu/amrc/glenn-miller-collections, https://afro.com/in-memoriam-renowned-black-journalist-broadcaster-askia-muhammad-dies/, "What Is Glenn Miller's Most Popular Song? She married Elmer Milton Alderman on Aug. 24, 1945, at Willard St. United Methodist Church in Ottumwa. [4] Unfortunately, this was in the middle of "Buzz Bomb Alley," an area of sleepless nights because of the constant barrage of German flying V-1 bombs. On a March 21, 1928, Victor Records session, he played alongside Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Joe Venuti in the All-Star Orchestra directed by Nat Shilkret. [4], In New York City, he studied the Schillinger system with Joseph Schillinger, under whose tutelage he composed "Miller's Tune". Glenn was pretty dejected and came to see me. (pp. On behalf of the Glenn Miller Estate and with the full cooperation of American and British authorities, all relevant and many new documents concerning the circumstances of the accident were discovered and published, including the inquiry findings of January 20, 1945. Miller's staff of arrangers in his civilian band, who handled the bulk of the work, were Jerry Gray (a former arranger for Artie Shaw), Bill Finegan (a former arranger for Tommy Dorsey),[150] Billy May[151] and to a much smaller extent, George Williams,[152] who worked very briefly with the band as well as Andrews Sisters arranger Vic Schoen[153], According to arranger and conductor Norman Leyden, he and others did arrangements "for Miller in the service, including Jerry Gray, Ralph Wilkinson, Mel Powell, and Steve Steck. On December 15, 1944, he was to fly to Paris ahead of his band to oversee all the arrangements. [99], Miller was on standby for an earlier flight on December 13, but it was canceled due to bad weather in France. in Clarinda, Iowa, USA , United States, Died on December 15, 1944 During a March 1942 visit to Washington, Miller had met with officials of the Army Bureau of Public Relations and Army Air Forces.(p. [119] This, coupled with the success of The Glenn Miller Story (1953), inspired the Miller estate to ask Ray McKinley to lead a new ghost band called the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Arnold. Your IP: On a telephone call to Haynes, he learned that a mutual acquaintance, Lieutenant Colonel Norman Baessell of the Eighth Air Force Service Command at Milton Ernest, was flying to France on December 15. Prior to the bands arrival, Miller met with SHAEF and BBC officials to coordinate broadcasting plans, including the BBC Director of the new Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEFP), Maurice Gorham, SHAEF Director of Broadcasting, American Col. Edward Kirby, and Deputy Director of SHAEF Broadcasting, British Lt. Col. David Niven. But the executor exploited Jonnie and Stevens navet and pocketed a heavy share of Millers royalties. "Clarinda benefits from efforts of Glenn Miller Birthplace Society," Clarinda Herald-Journal: Clarinda, Iowa, Nov 6, 2008. Alan Cass, and members of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society. November 2019. [17][4], Miller went missing in action (MIA) on December 15, 1944, on a flight over the English Channel. [4][21] Since his body was not recoverable, Miller was allowed to have a memorial headstone placed at the US Army-operated Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. "I found that when I opened with 'Moonlight Serenade', I could see men and women weeping as the music carried them back to years gone by. Iowa-born Miller went to grade school in Nebraska before his parents, Mattie Lou and Louis Elmer Miller moved the family to Missouri. [99][4], On January 20, 1945, an Eighth Air Force Board of Inquiry in England determined that the UC-64 airplane went down over the English Channel due to a combination of human error, mechanical failure and weather. An etching of Major Miller in uniform / IN MEMORY / MajorA. George Ockner, concertmaster and the string section), Song by Sgt. "[129], Numerous archives, museums and memorials in the United States and England are devoted to Miller. [60], On February 10, 1942, RCA Victor presented Miller with the first gold record for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". We are all related!DowlingGeneastars | Facebook. Miller spent most of his time attending auditions instead of classes at the University of Colorado where he was a student. Exhibit: Glenn Miller: America's Musical Hero, US Army Center of Military History Archives, Fort McNair, DC,1993. Reporting to Gen. Walter R. Weaver, Miller became director of bands for the AAFTTC. [16][141], A Miller fan, Peter Cofrancesco bought a gravesite at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, and placed a black granite cenotaph there. Ray McKinley dance orchestra), Uptown Hall (Sgt. Shenkle, Kathy. Glenn Miller Story, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Four Saxes And A Clarinet Dramatizing the key component of the title character's celebrated sound, James Stewart (with support from Harry Morgan, Charles Drake and George Tobias), after losing a trumpeter, tumbles to a clarinet solution, validated by his wife (June Allyson), via his own signature composition (Moonlight Serenade), in The Glenn . Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., it is one of six musical ensembles that form The US Air Force Band. 210242)[99], Upon realizing the airplane and Miller were missing, Orvil Anderson, Deputy Commander for Operations of the Eighth Air Force, who was married to Millers cousin Maude Miller Anderson, ordered a search and investigation. [99], Millers travel orders did not authorize him to board a casual flight and he did not report his intentions to his chain of command, so SHAEF was in the dark concerning Millers whereabouts. [124], The Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra's long-term legacy has carried on with the Airmen of Note,[4][125] a band within the United States Air Force Band. Axis and Allies alike were waiting for the long . The following tunes are also on that best-seller list: "In the Mood", "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (printed as "Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand" on record labels), "A String of Pearls", "Moonlight Cocktail", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", "Elmer's Tune", "Little Brown Jug", and "Anvil Chorus". 24)[99][3] On August 12, 1942, Miller sent a three-page letter to General Charles Young of the Army Service Forces, outlining his interest in streamlining modern military music and to express his sincere desire to do a real job for the Army that is not actuated by any personal draft problem. [111] This 1956 band is the original version of the current ghost band that still tours the United States today. ", This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 19:08. In 1918, the Miller family moved again, this time to Fort Morgan, Colorado, where Miller went to high school. Events include musical performances and swing dancing, community picnics, lectures, and fundraising for scholarships to attend the School for the Performing Arts,[136] a nonprofit dance, voice, piano, percussion, guitar, violin, and drama studio program in Fort Morgan. Dennis Spragg, who represents the family and estate of Glenn. Visiting American celebrities Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore appeared on their radio programs. Mrs. Glenn Miller, the widow of bandleader and Army Air Force major Glenn Miller, died Thursday in Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California after a brief illness. Shenkle, Kathy. Miller had no other duties than as a musical and broadcasting officer. Though contracted to do a third movie for Fox, Blind Date, Miller entered the US Army and this film was never made. She consulted on a semi-fictional biopic, The Glenn Miller Story where James Stewart played the King of Swing. [143], Miller was awarded a Star for Recording on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. General James H. Doolittle, Commanding General of the Eighth Air Force, showed his appreciation as he famously announced, "Captain Miller, next to a letter from home, your band is the greatest morale booster in the European Theater. (pp. According to author Gunther Schuller, the Glen Island performance attracted "a record-breaking opening-night crowd of 1800"[54], The band's popularity grew. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a17d467a83e20a8 In June 2009, it was announced that the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society in Clarinda, Iowa, was building a 5,600-foot museum to house "memorabilia from [Glenn Miller's] musical career". Miller was born on a farm in Clarinda, Iowa, to Lewis Elmer Miller and Mattie Lou (ne Cavender). [34] During his time with Pollack, he wrote several arrangements. The film included performances by Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers, who would appear with Miller again in two movies for Twentieth Century Fox in 1941 and 1942. "[110] By 1949, economics dictated that the string section be dropped. He initially stuck to Millers sound but found it difficult to keep it alive while making a name for himself. He did trombone solos in Pollacks band until he learned that his solos were cut drastically with the arrival of Jack Teagarden, another jazz trombonist. Immediate Family: Daughter of Fredrick Wilhelm Burger and Anna R. Burger. [citation needed], In 2002, the Glenn Miller Museum opened to the public at the former RAF Twinwood Farm, in Clapham, Bedfordshire, England.[140]. [99], The Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra appeared as scheduled on December 25, 1944, conducted by Jerry Gray. According to Simon, "Willie's tone and way of playing provided a fullness and richness so distinctive that none of the later Miller imitators could ever accurately reproduce the Miller sound. He realized that he needed to develop a unique sound and decided to make the clarinet play a melodic line with a tenor saxophone holding the same note, while three other saxophones harmonized within a single octave. [citation needed], Miller made his final commercial broadcast for Chesterfield Cigarettes on September 24, 1942. [3][99][102], Their last performance was the I Sustain the Wings broadcast at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., on NBC radio on November 17, 1945. A bomb once landed three blocks away from where they were performing. They believed that the band's endless rehearsalsand, according to critic Amy Lee in Metronome magazine, "letter-perfect playing"removed feeling from their performances. In 1314 pages, Polic covers a "small but significant period of Glenn Miller's life and music, from his enlistment in 1942 and the beginning of his [Army Air Forces Orchestra (band for short)] in 1943, through its end in late 1945, giving an overall history of the band and a detailed recounting of the day-by-day activities of the band. Find out about this legendary musician in Glenn Millers wiki. [4][144] The headquarters of the United States Air Forces in Europe Band at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is named Glenn Miller Hall.[4]. Big band leader Glenn Miller shares coffee and cigarettes with his wife Helen Miller, nee Burger, at home with their Boston Terrier "Popps" in circa. [20] All three officers are listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in Cambridge, England. [4][127][128] The military bands consist of units such as concert bands, marching bands, jazz orchestras, small combos, and elements that play swing, rock, country, and bluegrass. For other uses, see, Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra: 19421945, Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra legacy. [4] A moment of silence took place both at Arlington and Cambridge. Undated photograph, circa 1940's. [26] However, by the time he graduated from high school in 1921, he had decided to become a professional musician. - Glenn Miller. Born in Clarinda, Iowa, on March 1, 1904, Alton Glenn Miller was the second of four children. Shore joined Miller for a recording session at Abbey Road Studios, where the orchestra recorded their ABSIE German language programs. [97][98][15], He first applied for a commission in the US Navy but was turned down. In each of these new cities, Miller's musical development took a new step. He was also a major exponent of modern jazz in the '50s. 5152) [99][3], On May 24, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a cable to Washington requesting transfer of the Miller AAF unit for the purposes of radio broadcasting and morale. This was published in a 1946 Army publication showing that Miller has a Finding of Death (FOD). "[79][80][81], Jazz critics Gunther Schuller[82] (1991) and Gary Giddins[83][84] (2004) have defended Miller from criticism. Bandleader Glenn Miller's doomed WWII plane has possibly been uncovered and a major aviation mystery may soon be solved. Upon arrival in London, the unit was initially billeted at Sloane Court, Chelsea. "[86] Jazz pianist George Shearing's quintet of the 1950s and 1960s was influenced by Miller: "with Shearing's locked hands style piano (influenced by the voicing of Miller's saxophone section) in the middle [of the quintet's harmonies]". Steven was the music administration of the Miller estate and also served in the marines. The Miller family had been part of Clarinda since 1870, when Glenn's paternal grandparents settled there. 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