| 词条 | Glen Gray |
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| name = Glen Gray | image = Glen Gray Billboard.jpg | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|6|7}} | birth_place = Roanoke, Illinois, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|8|23|1900|6|7}} | death_place = Plymouth, Massachusetts | genre = Jazz, swing | occupation = Bandleader | instrument = Saxophone | years_active = 1915–1963 | label = Brunswick, Decca, Capitol | associated_acts = Casa Loma Orchestra }}Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), known professionally as Glen Gray, was a jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra.[1] Early yearsGray was born to Lurdie P. and Agnes (Gray) Knoblauch in Metamora, Illinois. His father was a saloon keeper and railroad worker who died when Glen was two years of age.[2] He had an older sister. His widowed mother married George H. DeWilde, a coal miner, and moved her family to Roanoke. Gray graduated from Roanoke High School, in 1917 where he played basketball and acquired his nickname, "Spike".[3] CareerGray attended the American Conservatory of Music in 1921 but left during his first year to go to Peoria, Illinois, to play with George Haschert's orchestra. From 1924 to 1929, he played with several orchestras in Detroit, Michigan.[3] In 1956, he went back into the studio to record the first of what became a series of LPs for Capitol Records, which recreated the sounds of the big band era in stereo.[4] Casa Loma in Hi-Fi was the result, with 14 high-fidelity recordings.[3] Personal lifeGray and his wife had one son.[3] In 1963 Gray died in Plymouth, Massachusetts of lymphoma, aged 63.[5] References1. ^The Mississippi Rag, "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. Borgman, October 2006, page 1 2. ^{{cite news|title=Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra|first=George A.|last=Borgman|newspaper=The Mississippi Rag|page=1|date=October 2006}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5192305/the_pantagraph|title=Glen Gray Top Band Leader for 20 Years|work=The Pantagraph|date=February 3, 1957|author=Holloway, Tony|location=Illinois, Bloomington|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} {{Open access}} 4. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6610|tab=biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Glen Gray Biography|first=Bruce|last=Eder|publisher=Rovi Corporation|work=Allmusic|accessdate=October 28, 2012}} 5. ^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}, pg. 114. External links
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