Christmas with Glenn Miller and Friends

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance group formed in 1938 in New York City and became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era. The formation of the orchestra was preceded by Miller's engagement in other orchestras, where he played as a backing trombonist from the 1920s. He worked with famous jazzmen such as Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Tommy Dorsey. In 1942, Miller decided to support the US military and began performing with his orchestra in places where the US Army was stationed. On December 15, 1944, 80 years ago, while traveling to visit American soldiers, the plane carrying Glenn Miller disappeared, and the musician and conductor was declared missing the day after.