Ghost band
Ghost band describes a dance or swing band (usually a big band ) that is continued under the name of the founder after the death of the founder.
The best-known examples of ghost bands include the Count Basie Orchestra and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as the big bands of Glenn Miller (who is considered to be the busiest of the ghost bands ), Tommy Dorsey , Jimmy Dorsey , Woody Herman and Guy Lombardo . The musicians are mostly young university graduates. a. Danny D'Imperio and Rich Perry (in the Glenn Miller Orchestra), Jeff Hamilton and Don Aliquo (Tommy Dorsey).
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In the case of the Ellington Band, after Duke Ellington's death in 1973, management passed to his son Mercer Ellington . After he died in 1996, Ellington's grandson Paul Mercer Ellington (after an interim period from Barrie Lee Hall junior ) took over the leadership of the Ghost Band . After Count Basie's death in 1984, the Basie band was initially led by various musicians from his environment, including the trumpeter Thad Jones and the saxophonist Frank Foster . Glenn Miller's orchestra was founded after his death in 1944 a. a. directed by Tex Beneke , Ray McKinley , Buddy DeFranco (1966-74), Larry O'Brian, Peanuts Hucko, and Dick Gerhardt; the European Glenn Miller Orchestra is conducted by Wil Salden . The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was continued by Buddy Morrow , for 33 years the orchestra of his brother Jimmy Dorsey from Lee Castle , later by Clem DeRosa . Woody Herman's orchestra was led by Frank Tiberi for many years .
After the death of Jimmie Lunceford , Joe Thomas and Eddie Wilcox ran it for one year in 1947; another African-American ghost band was that of Fletcher Henderson , which was formed in 1961 (nine years after his death). The band leader Stan Kenton forbade in his will the continuation of his orchestra as a ghost band .
Repertoire orchestras such as the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra , Vanguard Jazz Orchestra or the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are to be distinguished from the ghost bands .
Web links
- Don Heckman: No Giving Up the Ghosts. Years after their originators have passed on, groups such as the Count Basie and Glenn Miller orchestras travel the road keeping the sound alive. (1998) in The Los Angeles Times
- Will Friedwald : Ghost Bands Very Much Alive (1988) in The New York Times