His music hits you straight in the legs. But the boy was crazy about music. Saving up the first bit of money he earned milking cows, he bought a trombone at age 13.
Q. What is Glenn Miller known for?
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – disappeared December 15, 1944) was an American big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best-known big bands.
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- Q. What is Glenn Miller known for?
- Q. Which of the following was an influential swing composer?
- Q. Who are important arrangers and composers of the swing era?
- Q. Who led the most popular band of the swing era?
- Q. What started the Swing Era?
- Q. What is the boogie woogie known best for?
- Q. What period or style is most nostalgic for the jazz fan?
- Q. What style of jazz was most popular?
Q. Which of the following was an influential swing composer?
DUKE ELLINGTON (1899-1974) An influential pioneer of the big band form. Composer, bandleader, and pianist Ellington brought prestige to jazz and, particularly, swing. He has been referred to as America’s greatest composer in any genre.
Q. Who are important arrangers and composers of the swing era?
Here is a list of 10 swing era musicians who set the stage for jazz to become the valued art form it is today.
- Fletcher Henderson. Courtesy of ASV Records.
- Duke Ellington. Courtesy of Columbia Records.
- Coleman Hawkins. Courtesy of Enja Records.
- Count Basie.
- Johnny Hodges.
- Art Tatum.
- Ben Webster.
- Benny Goodman.
Q. Who led the most popular band of the swing era?
The swing era brought to swing music Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and by 1938 Ella Fitzgerald. Armstrong, who had heavily influenced jazz as its greatest soloist in the 1920s when working with both small bands and larger ones, now appeared only with big swing bands.
Q. What started the Swing Era?
Swing has its roots in 1920s dance music ensembles, which began using new styles of written arrangements, incorporating rhythmic innovations pioneered by Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter and other jazzmen.
Q. What is the boogie woogie known best for?
The boogie-woogie fad lasted from the late 1930s into the early 1950s, and made a major contribution to the development of jump blues and ultimately to rock and roll, epitomized by Fats Domino, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Q. What period or style is most nostalgic for the jazz fan?
I believe swing is the most popular among jazz aficionados because it favored “solo improvisation, larger ensembles or big bands-though smaller groups were sometimes used- and a rhythm that gave relatively equal weight to the four beats of the bar.” I think the subgenre that is most nostalgic for the jazz fan would be …
Q. What style of jazz was most popular?
Swing music & big band Jazz From the early 1930s until the late 1940s big band swing was the most popular style of music in the USA, and many of the most important bandleaders were huge mainstream stars.
