Moonlight Serenade

Glenn Miller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 1995)
• Label: Avid [Dead]
• ASIN: B000005SJO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,837,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miller Magic for a New Millenium, April 5, 2003

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Tuxedo Junction "George" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moonlight Serenade (Audio CD)

This album was recorded by Larry O'Brien and The Glenn Miller Orchestra in December 1990. It demonstrates what a great job O'Brien has done since he began leading this band in 1981. And he still is. I heard them at Santa Barbara's Lobero Theater in April 2003. All I can say is that this band is still superb!

"Moonlight Serenade" features 16 Miller chestnuts including the title song and theme, "Serenade In Blue," "Little Brown Jug," "Tuxedo Junction," and 12 others. You can hear vocalist Julia Rich sing "I Know Why" from the 1941 Miller film "Sun Valley Serenade." Rich is an outstanding vocalist and still sings with the band, a real joy.

For those who love the original Miller band, as I do, this CD will make a wonderful addition to your collection.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too "sweet" - it sticks, September 15, 2004

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Graeme J. W. Smith "graemejwsmith" (Newport, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonlight Serenade (Ranwood) (Audio CD)

Larry O'Brien has currently (Fall 2004) got the band much sharper and with an edge nearer the 1941/2 sound but this CD is not it.

The original Miller Band was always being accused of being "sweet" rather than "swing" or "jazz". Of course it wasn't but this CD is so sweet it it cloying and sickly.

Give this one a miss and select from one of the many others on Amazon if you want to hear the Miller sound - because this "ain't it".