Tuxedo Junction - Ray Mckinley & The Glenn Miller Orch

[@massy-r2o]

グレン・ミラーの良き後継者でドラマーとしても好きでした

[@CCJazzmen]

Thanks for your reply. I agree, a great drummer and the best of the Miller ghost bands.

[@hipsterdoofus1026]

this is excellent. In England there used to be a Glenn Miller society and in the 1970s they wrote about this show in their newsletter. So almost fifty years later I can see what they were talking about. I'm a nerd so I wonder who owns the original negatives this show and if they'll ever be shown in pristine condition.

[@CCJazzmen]

Thanks for your comment and yes, I was a member. Sorry no idea who has the originals, what I have is a copy that was on VHS.

[@ChuckParDue1953]

That old "Bilbao Moon."

[@alanwitton5980]

Fantastic listening

[@CCJazzmen]

Many thanks for your comment and a swinging clip happy to know you enjoyed it.

[@WilliamSilva-ml5nw]

Thank you for this music!!!

[@CCJazzmen]

It's a pleasure and happy you enjoy the clips.

[@jjakiefte2165]

Johnny Desmond 'conducting' the band together with Ray; the band here employs the Triggert Albert bass licks from AAF band days. Bill Bower is very much in Bobby Darin's Mack the Knife vein. Good to hear Johnny still had great chops!

[@CCJazzmen]

Thanks for the comment, good bass player,

[@IngDiegoVasquez_]

Like and again Thankyou so much!!

[@CCJazzmen]

Thanks for your kind comment.

[@Trombonology]

Some tasteful updating of the Miller sound throughout -- I noticed a new trumpet riff against the plunger-muted trombones toward the end of Tuxedo Junction. Good medley, too -- I have tons of the original GM medleys; old/new/borrowed/blue was a very clever format.

[@CCJazzmen]

Nice riff and solos..

[@callmeBe]

I always liked Ray McKinley's performance of those revised Glenn Miller type orchestrations. I think they were many times performed with more precision than the original work Miller did. And, I am somewhat bias, I really, really like the sharp and exacting blare of his brass sections (ie: just listen to the balance on the hold at 2:41, you can really hear the 9th/flat 7th of the chord. That is just a snappy and yet well rounded sound). Another nice example: the tutti plunger work at the very beginning of the "Bill Bower Song." Notice a nice sharp tongue attack followed by a strong crescendo into a very short but poppy resolution on a 9th/7th chord. Miller never wanted stuff like this (but Jimmy Lunceford did). In fact, when his writers wrote 9th chords many they lacked the 7th, because it was a less dissonant sound. Anyway, all fantastic stuff, CCJ, I am very happy you post such things! You have excellent taste, as well as your listeners below. (Years ago I wrote for Rex Allen when he conducted the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra).

[@CCJazzmen]

Out of the Miller ghost bands Ray had the best and I agree with all you say. Always good to read a good knowledgeable comment. Thankyou.

[@callmeBe]

@@CCJazzmen Well, Ray deserves a lot of credit for that group. He was, by far, the most proactive in presenting new works and somewhat updating the sound. Tex B. did a pretty good job also, and had some really fine groups of his own (and were much more interesting), but he was much more tethered to the original sound. But my understanding is though, that he was rigorously controlled by the Miller estate.

[@dougdanzeisen9608]

I was somewhat hesitant to make the statement that many of these McKinley renditions seem somewhat more on point and precise than even the original versions. Thanks for sharing your insights, and through your writing, your talent.

[@callmeBe]

@@dougdanzeisen9608 No talent here, though! Just a lot of years and hard work. Thanks Doug.

[@charlesbarry971]

History Great

[@CCJazzmen]

Best of the Glenn Miller ghost bands. Thanks for your comment.

[@dougdanzeisen9608]

I'm kind of astonished at the polish of the production values on this show. Was it a summer of '61 show only? Seems like a LOT of work and polishing went into this production.

[@CCJazzmen]

I wish there were TV music productions like this these days..

[@dougdanzeisen9608]

That would be awesome.