Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), [1] known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra. [2]

Glen Gray. Soundtrack: Angel Heart. Bandleader Glen Gray started out as a sax player in the 1920s in a band called "The Orange Blossoms". It soon changed its name to the Casa Loma Orchestra in 1927, generally considered to be the first swing band of the era.

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The band was led for the first few years by violinist Hank Biagini, although the eventual leader, saxophonist Glen Gray (1900 – 1963) was from the beginning "first among equals."

Glen Gray Knoblauch, better known as Glen Gray, was a jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra. Gray was born to Lurdie P. and Agnes Knoblauch in Metamora, Illinois. His father was a lifelong railroad worker who died when Glen was two years of age.

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2012年6月7日 · Band Leader. He was an American musician of the first half of the 20th century. Born Glen Gray Knoblaugh, he began his career as a saxophonist in the mid 1920's, joining a band called the Orange Blossoms. He changed his name to Glen Gray, and the band changed its name to the Casa Loma Orchestra in 1927 and believed to...

Originally named the Orange Blossoms, the group first formed in Detroit during the mid-1920s as an offshoot of Jean Goldkette’s orchestra. Gray, then known as Spike Knoblauch, joined the group in the winter of 1925-26 as a sax player. Henry Biagini was leader.

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