An arrangement of Little Brown Jug for Wind Quintet & drum kit.
"Little Brown Jug" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Winner,
originally published credited to "Eastburn" (Winners middle name).
It was originally a drinking song. It remained well known as a folk
song into the early 20th century. Like many songs which make reference
to alcohol, it enjoyed new popularity during the Prohibition era. In
1939, bandleader Glenn Miller recorded and broadcast his swing
instrumental arrangement of the tune with great success, and the number
became one of the best known orchestrations of the American Big Band era
His version did not have the lyrics.
In 1939, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released a hit version of the
song on RCA Bluebird, as an A side 78 single, B-10286-A, in a new
arrangement by Bill Finegan backed with "Pavanne". The recording was an
early chart hit for Glenn Miller. The song was performed in Glenn
Millers Carnegie Hall concert that year and became a staple of the
Glenn Miller Orchestra repertoire and a classic of the Big Band era.
The song was featured in and was central to the plot of the 1953
Universal Pictures film biography The Glenn Miller Story starring James
Stewart and June Allyson.
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