Interviewer
Courtney Jones, Deena Larson, Mike Sears
Files
Description
Glenn Muller recalls learning to play guitar and saxophone as a child because his parents and siblings also played instruments. He talks about playing in Air Force bands as a young adult during the era of big band jazz and swing music. Muller describes how playing in these groups led him to play in Dixieland jazz bands later on in his life. He discusses his admiration for New Orleans-based jazz masters such as Louis Armstrong, Melvin James “Sy” Oliver, and Willie Gary “Bunk” Johnson, and his own affinity for playing improvisational types of jazz music. Muller and his wife talk about the different venues that he and his band have played and how Dixieland jazz bands, with up to 16 members, differ from popular music groups of the 1980s and ‘90s.
Muller’s wife, Dorothy, participates occasionally throughout the interview.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Jazz music; Dixieland jazz; Rhythm and blues; Country and western; Rock and roll; Jazz, History of; Dixieland tradition
Original Date
10-29-1990
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Missoula Musicians Oral History Project, OH 253, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 253-004
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (17 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:02:14 minutes
Local Filename
OH_253_004.mp3; OH_253_004.pdf
Citation
Muller, Glenn, "Glenn Muller Interview, October 29, 1990" (1990). Missoula Musicians Oral History Project. 3.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/missoulamusicians_oralhistory/3