Monday, September 11, 2006

Milton Dick dies

I used to play in Milton Dick's big band. He was a much-beloved and -admired band director at Elk Grove High, and had his own band longer than almost anyone. A lot of what he played was kitsch, but he also played the original arrangements of big band classics like "In the Mood," "String of Pearls," and "Moonlight Serenade" (all Glenn Miller, I believe), which no one does anymore. Talking to him and his sidemen was a window into a world long gone.
Read his obitiuary here.

1 comment:

pill said...

I wish I'd known this guy