George Siravo
George Siravo (October 2, 1916, Staten Island, New York – February 28, 2000, Medford, Oregon) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He began his career playing reeds with the Cliquot Club Eskimos and later was a member of the orchestras of led by Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, and Jan Savitt. He played alto saxophone in the first Glenn Miller orchestra, appearing on the 1937 recording "Community Swing".
George Siravo
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- 1916 · Staten Island.
- Died
- 2000 · Medford.
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- United States
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- conductor · composer · saxophonist · bandleader · jazz musician
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Born at Staten Island in 1916, died in Medford in 2000.
George Siravo (1916–2000) was an American conductor, composer and saxophonist.
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- Flower, John (1972). Moonlight Serenade: a bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House. .
- Miller, Glenn (1943). Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging. New York: Mutual Music Society. ASIN: B0007DMEDQ
- Simon, George Thomas (1980). Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. New York: Da Capo paperback. .
- Simon, George Thomas (1971). Simon Says. New York: Galahad. .
- Schuller, Gunther (1991). The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930–1945, Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press. .
- Kernfeld, Barry Dean (2002). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Second edition. Three volumes. London: Macmillan Publishers.
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