Mondays' Music And all that Jazz

When I discovered Jazz, it wasn't Dave Bruebeck or Chuck Mangonie, two of the very popular Jazz leaders of the day.  No for me it was Glenn Miller.

Yes, Glenn Miller the leader of one of the most innovative Jazz Bands of all time.  I was maybe 12 or 13 when I got my first double record set, Sunrise Serenade.

So without any further intro, here is some of the music of my all time favorite Jazz leaders.  Glenn Miller.

Now we are going to take a journey back in time.  It is December 1940, The Battle of Britain is over and the Blitz on London is under full impact.  You are at home, you have put your little ones to bed.

You are having a brandy or maybe beer, reading the evening paper or perhaps some light reading like War and Peace or The complete works of William Shakespeare.

You have the radio on and it chimes in with your favorite station which carries the Glenn Miller program.  

So KVOD, The voice of Denver crackles on the air and the local announcer Gene Amole comes over the air...

"Welcome everyone to another broadcast live from The top of the Mark, here in beautiful Downtown Denver.  Tonight our visiting band, is none other than Glenn Miller and his orchestra.  So we go live now to the dance floor."

"Thank you everyone, it is a real pleasure to be here in Denver at the top of the Mark.  I see it looks like Tex is getting ready to take a little trip, so here we go on the Chatanooga Choo Choo."

"Now a song dedicated to our British friends."

"This next song should set the mood for some Dancing."

"Well it is that time again, when we say good night.  It has been a pleasure visiting Denver.  Here's hoping you and yours have a happy new year in 1941."

I hope you enjoyed my sentimental journey and didn't mind me pretending to be Glenn Miller.

Until next time.