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Glenn Miller Orchestra

Author: hans
Date: 2006-08-29 15:34

I attended the GM band's performance last night in Toronto at Roy Thomson Hall.

The GM band was fabulous and definitely worth going to see if you like big bands. The reeds section is superb. All 5 double on clarinet and the lead played Artie Shaw's solos in Traffic Jam beautifully.

Having nearly a one hour opening act by a mediocre pianist named Richard Abel diminished the evening somewhat. When I go to a big band performance, I don't expect to have to wait for something completely different like Blue Danube (played rather badly) to be over. Had I known, I would have arrived an hour later to avoid it. Other patrons were heard saying the same thing. I'm sure there is an audience for him somewhere, now that Victor Borge is dead, but last night's was not it.

Hans

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