Missing Chapters, Vol. 8: Get Happy

by Glenn Miller

Overview

The bulk of this CD, the eighth set from the British Avid label to document formerly unreleased broadcasts and recordings from the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band, mostly concentrates on the broadcasts of April 5 and 9, 1945, four months after Miller's disappearance over the English Channel. The April 5 performance includes Ray McKinley singing a good-natured "Whatcha Know Joe" and some hot playing by clarinetist Peanuts Hucko and pianist Mel Powell with a trio on "Plain and Fancy Blues." The performance of four days later is quite strong, with an enjoyable "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue" medley and Powell stretching out on his "No Compris." Wrapping up the CD are three string pieces from November 25, 1944, that are soothing and melodic. All of the Avid Glenn Miller sets are rewarding. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	06/26/2000
Label:	Avid
UPC:	5022810158929

Tracks

1. Song and Dance (Opening Theme)
2. Somebody's Wrong
3. Whatcha Know Joe
4. I Dream of You
5. Plain and Fancy Blues
6. Moonlight Serenade (Opening Theme)
7. In the Mood
8. More and More
9. Get Happy
10. Old Black Joe
11. Someone to Love
12. Moonlight Serenade (Opening Theme)
13. Here We Go Again
14. My Prayer
15. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
16. Schubert's Serenade
17. Some Other Time
18. Little Brown Jug
19. Under a Blanket of Blue
20. No Compris
21. With My Head in the Clouds
22. Moonlight Serenade (Closing Theme)
23. I Sustain the Wings (Opening Theme)
24. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
25. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
26. Lover, Come Back to Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Glenn Miller   Primary Artist,Conductor
Glenn Miller Revivals   Primary Artist
The American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force   Primary Artist
James Allison   Vocals
Bob Ripley   Viola
Stanley Harris   Viola
Mannie Thaler   Reeds,Baritone
Carl Swanson   Violin
Joseph Kowalewski   Violin
Steve Steck   Vocals,Trumpet
Ernest Kardos   Violin
Jack Steele   Trumpet
Fred Ostrovsky   Violin
Murray Kane   Vocals
Al Milton   Violin
David Sackson   Violin
Johnny Halliburton   Trombone
Frank Ippolito   Drums
CPL. Gene Bergen   Violin
Phil Marino   Violin
CPL. Morris Bialkin   Viola
Whitey Thomas   Trumpet
Earl Cornwell   Violin
Freddy Guera   Alto,Reeds
Larry Hall   Trombone
Robert Nicholls   Trumpet
Richard Motylinski   Violin
Gene Steck   Vocals
CPL. Henry Brynan   Viola
Emanuel Wishnow   Viola
Dave Dennis   Violin
George Ockner   Conductor,Violin
Trigger Alpert   Bass
Harry Katzman   Violin
Carmen Mastren   Guitar
Johnny Desmond   Vocals
Zeke Zarchy   Trumpet
Vince Carbone   Reeds,Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Priddy   Trombone
Addison Collins   French Horn
Mel Powell   Piano
Artie Malvin   Vocals
Dave Schwartz   Viola
Nat Peck   Trombone
Jack Russin   Piano
Jerry Gray   Conductor
Crew Chiefs   Vocals
Hank Freeman   Alto,Reeds
Jack Ferrier   Reeds,Sax (Tenor)
Bernie Privin   Trumpet
Ray McKinley   Drums,Vocals
Nathan Kaproff   Violin

Technical Credits

James Jackson   Arranger
Malcolm Laycock   Liner Notes
Ralph Wilkinson   Arranger
Dave Wright   Digital Editing
Paul Dubov   Announcer
David Wright   Digital Editing
Dave Bennett   Remastering
Frank Loesser   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
J.C. MacGregor   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Norman Leyden   Arranger
Joe Greene   Composer
Stephen Foster   Composer
Georges Boulanger   Composer
Edna Osser   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Marjorie Goetschius   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Marty Symes   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Al J. Neiburg   Composer
Glenn Miller   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Jerry Gray   Arranger,Composer
Septimus Winner   Composer
Stan Kenton   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Peanuts Hucko   Composer
Baden Powell   Composer
Joe Garland   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Ray McKinley   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
George Ockner   Leader