American patrol is, like in the mood, an upbeat song that intensifies as it builds. The glenn miller story soundtrack jimmy stewart on the air. We have faithfully reproduced the original jerry gray chart for you here, in the right key, with all of the expressions and dynamics. He started his musical career when his father brought home a mandolin.
The song glenn miller american patrol is professional recreation. Glenn millers orchestra recorded a swing version of the march arranged by jerry gray in 1942. Frank white meacham american patrol sheet music for trumpet. American patrol from broadcast of april 23, 1942 pennsylvania sixfive thousand recorded april 28, 1940 in the mood recorded auguest 1, 1939 ive got a gal in kalamazoo no date given boulder buff recorded may 7, 1941 tuxedo junction recorded february 5, 1940 st. Alton glenn miller march 1, 1904presumably december 15, 1944, was an american jazz musician, arranger, composer, and band leader in the swing era. American patrol glenn miller orchestra midifile style. American patrol is a popular march written by frank white f.
He was one of the bestselling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known big bands. The program concluded with notice of millers disappearance, news that sent shockwaves across the nation. The somber message aired the day before a program featuring the american band of the allied expeditionary force to be led by major glenn miller. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. Glenn millers orchestra recorded a swing version of the march arranged by jerry gray in 1942 which was released as a 78 single on victor records morton gould later composed his own unusual and often dissonant american patrol for 3 bands. American patrol by glenn miller full score and set of parts. Glenn miller s orchestra recorded a swing version of the march arranged by jerry gray in 1942 which was released as a 78 single on victor records morton gould later composed his own unusual and often dissonant american patrol for 3 bands. As soon as possible, he traded the instrument for an old horn, which he practiced diligently. At last, elmers tune, sunrise serenade, it happened in sun valley, little brown jug, st. American patrol trompete in b glenn miller miller, glenn jazz. Glenn miller biography wikipedia alton glenn miller march 1, 1904 disappeared december 15, 1944 was an american bigband trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. American patrol by glenn miller conductor score full. He was one of the bestselling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known big bands. American patrol by glenn miller full score and set of.
In stock usually ships in mf days guaranteed same day shipping for orders with ups 1, 2 or 3days shipping method selected not usps. Warbirds in flight to glenn millers american patrol. American patrol, an album by glenn miller on spotify. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your sites styles css. A portrait of glenn miller university of colorado boulder. Song information for american patrol glenn miller on allmusic. The reason it is my favorite is because i used to play it when i played cornet in the gower school band. American patrol vol ii, 1991 j gray magic e dawe62, i sustain the wings, 1993 magic e dawe63, gm and his orch. American patrol glenn miller full big band arrangement sheet music for piano, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone download free in pdf or midi. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of the 20th century. Mike lewis alfred publishing belwin division 10028059e easy. American patrol meets boogie glenn miller, barry manilow and mark knopfler duration. His career is a history of associations with bandleader glenn miller and former musicians and singers who worked with miller.
Free alto saxophone sheet music american patrol author. Louis blues, moonligh serenade, stairway to the stars, hear my song, violetta, and the angels sing, my blue heaven, i know why, wonderful one, chattanooga choochoo, in the mood, my guys come back, pennsylvania 65000, king porter stomp, dont sit under the apple tree, american patrol. Mar 22, 2010 check out american patrol by glenn miller on amazon music. Glenn miller s band made this a huge world war ii hit song and it is scored here for the young player. Jan 18, 20 american patrol glenn miller james last style performed on yamaha tyros 5 roland g70 by rico duration.
Gordon lee tex beneke february 12, 1914 may 30, 2000 was an american saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. That is how alton glenn miller, born march 1, 1904 at 601 south 16thstreet in clarinda, a very small town tucked in the southwest corner of iowa, would explain why the countrys number one band was not alton millers. Jerry gray arranged a swing version of the march for glenn millers orchestra. When we were assigned this song, i listened to the glenn miller recording and patterned my own playing after it. Mike lewis arranged this chart with no individual solos, very modest brass ranges and plenty of ensemble sound. Glenn miller and his orchestra was an american swing dance band formed by glenn miller in 1938. Meacham, frank white american patrol sheet music for mandolin. Moonlight serenade by mitchell parish, glenn miller. Frank white meacham american patrol sheet music for mandolin. Digital sheet music view online and print ondemand.
Sep 25, 20 the somber message aired the day before a program featuring the american band of the allied expeditionary force to be led by major glenn miller. There are many bands using a stock dance band arrangement originally written for 5 saxes and 5 brass, and possibly then adapted for a bigger band. Miller was the second born child of lewis elmer miller and mattie lou cavender miller. In the first part, presented here, we will take a look at the actual soundtrack materials. Composed for piano, it was then arranged for wind band and published by carl fischer in 1891. Glenn millers band made this a huge world war ii hit song and here it is. It incorporates both original musical themes by meacham and melodies from american patriotic songs of the era such as columbia, the gem of the ocean and dixie. The great glenn miller band featured on 18 classics from their hit making heyday, including 3 no 1s. Glenn miller from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia this article is about the jazz musician.
Tuxedo junction by buddy feyne, erskine hawkins, william johnson, william dash. Video for american patrol by glenn miller orchestra. Alton glenn miller was born in clarinda, iowa on march 1, 1904. Glenn miller a string of pearls 1985, vinyl discogs. American patrol glenn miller james last style performed on yamaha tyros 5 roland g70 by rico duration. American patrol sheet music glenn miller keyboard abridged. Glenn miller s american patrol toronto all star big band beaches jazz festival july 27 2012 duration. The patrol format, also used in beethovens turkish march, was popular in the second half of the 19th century, and other compositions bear titles such. Glenn millers band made this a huge world war ii hit song and it is scored here for the young player. American patrol glenn miller free download as pdf file.
His family moved multiple times, first from clarinda, iowa, where he was born in 1904, to nebraska and then to missouri. There are many bands using a stock dance band arrangement which contains a number of errors, not least of which is that it is in the wrong key. Frank white meacham american patrol sheet music for. Though the show went on, sergeant jerry gray led the band that day. American patrol march was published in 1891 by the carl fischer. The original piano version of american patrol follows this scheme. American patrol arr whitney wind repertory project. His band is also associated with the careers of eydie gorme, henry mancini and ronnie deauville. The miller band attracted a huge following and over the decades featured some of the finest musicians, singers and arrangers of all time. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. American patrol but everybodys got that in their library. Check out american patrol by glenn miller on amazon music. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, miller managed to earn a living working as a freelance trombonist in several.
American patrol by glenn miller conductor score full score. American patrol glenn miller plays selection from the glenn miller story and other hits rec. Urban soul orchestra swing band rehearsing in the mood by glenn miller. Glenn miller christmas at the cafe rouge 1940 internet archive. The problem is that its wrong on a number of counts, not least of which is that the correct key is bb. His family moved multiple times, first from clarinda, iowa, where he was born in 1904, to nebraska and then to. Tracing the recording history of the glenn miller story is a very big project, one which will be spread over two blogs. Miller was an exceptionally talented musician he played the trombone, arranger, composer, and bandleader. Pennsylvania sixfive thousand glenn miller plays selection from the glenn miller story and other hits rec. American patrol glenn miller full big band arrangement. While he was in missouri, miller started playing the trombone in a town band. Here is another soundtrack on which stewart doesnt appear vocally, but his photo does appear on all the packaging and he did quite a bit to help promote the sales. You might think that every big band has this in their library.
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