Category: The Glenn Miller Orchestra
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Shall We Dance?
A swinging night at the Moonglow Club unfolds with the Swinging Millers performing classic swing tunes. Jim hesitates to dance due to past insecurities, but Maddie convinces him to join her on the dance floor. As they sway to the music, Jim is haunted by memories of a lost love. This excerpt is from the…
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‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’
When I write fiction – be it Reunion: A Story (AKA “the one that’s floating out there on Amazon and the online Barnes & Noble store”), “The New Story,” or the occasional screenplay – I tend to listen to music as I sit at my desk, regardless of whether I’m writing or gnashing my teeth…
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Music Album Review: ‘The Essential Glenn Miller’ (2005)
He was neither an outstanding soloist nor showman nor an original composer. Instead Miller’s personality combined idealism with a formidable work ethic in a soul that was deeply musical. – Mike Plaskett, in the liner notes for The Essential Glenn Miller Boy, the way Glenn Miller playedsongs that made the hit parade…. – Charles Strouse…
A Certain Point of View, Too 