Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. 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.
Are any members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra still alive?
None of the Orchestra members is still alive. From his first orchestra, Miller invited back Hal McIntyre and hired Paul Tanner, Wilbur Schwartz, Ray Eberle (who was the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey’s vocalist Bob Eberly), and his old friend Chummy MacGregor.
Paul Tanner, the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, died February 5, 2013, at an assisted-living facility in Carlsbad, California, his stepson said. Tanner was 95 and died of pneumonia, said Dick Darnall in a telephone interview.
Who is the current leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra?
Since January 2012, vocalist Nick Hilscher leads the band.
Is Nick Hilscher still with the Glenn Miller Orchestra?
Nick Hilscher has been music director of the Glenn Miller Orchestra since 2012 until the pandemic intervened. Previously, Nick and the band kept an exhausting schedule of appearances seemingly nonstop year-round. They have thrilled thousands of ardent fans from coast-to-coast and across the Pacific to Japan.