dhbailey wrote:
I have to disagree here -- to Glenn Miller, melody was supremely
important. Being able to dance to the music was important as well, but
melody was very important.
I think it was because for the audiences for which he played, dance
music had to have melody AND beat.
Otherwise his recordings would have been endless jams instead of the
carefully written out arrangements with essentially the same solos each
time.
After the millionnth time playing "In the mood" or "Little brown jug" or
any of the other eminently danceable Miller charts that are essentially
one lick repeated ad nauseam (just like AWB tunes, but of a different
era), most musicians want to scream.
cd
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