Okay, Who The Hell Was Herb Lorden?

[JSngry]

Dude's playing the Miller gig, stands up for his solos, sneaks in some Gonsalves/Lockjaw harmonies in his 8-12 bars then sits the fuck down and goes back to playing the Miller gig, nobody bats an eye. Who the hell was this guy?

 

 

[Ted O'Reilly]

Don't know anything about Lorden, but he's a veteran sideman, spending a long, long time in Harry James' bands from the '40s through the '60s (mostly on alto), and then a few years in that Miller band under both McKinley and Buddy DeFranco.

Lorden seems to be one of those eternal go-to fine musicians (all the reeds, some arranging) that are the backbone of the professional scene now long-gone.

[Michael Weiss]

Harry James band

[JSngry]

Fleeting though they may be, those are probably some of the most "out" notes ever played on any kind of a Glenn Miller gig. It's kind of awesome in a very minuscule universe type way.

That "Little Brown Jug" solo is 8 bars of When Worlds Collide.

[HolgerFreimutSchrick]

All I've found about Herb Lorden:

 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Lorden

 

Holger

[JSngry]

So he's still alive?