User talk:Debbie Lang

JAZZ SINGER, DEBBIE LANG, WAS THE VOCALIST FOR THE WORLD FAMOUS GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA THROUGH 1961. SHE WAS THE VOCALIST AT THE INAUGURAL BALL OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. DEBBIE LANG WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY AND STUDIED VOICE AT CARNEIGE HALL. SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO SING WITH A SWING BAND AND WAS HIRED BY THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA WHEN SHE WAS 18 YEARS OLD. AFTER A LONG TOUR,DEBBIE RETURNED TO NYC AND BEGAN DOING ALLOT OF CHURCH WORK AND JAZZ VESPERS AT ST. PETER'S LUTHERN CHURCH,WHERE DUKE ELLINGTON WAS VERY INVOLVED, AND ST. JOHN THE DEVINE. SHE SANG FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICES OF MANY OF HER FELLOW MUSICIANS WHO PASSED AWAY OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. AL HIBLER, THE BLIND VOCALIST FROM DUKE ELLINGTONS ORCHESTRA, WAS A CLOSE FRIEND AND DEBBIE AND AL DID ALLOT OF CHURCH WORK TOGETHER. SHE RETURNED TO HER ROOTS IN NYC AND BEGAN WORKING WITH JAZZ TRIOS AND QUARTETS IN THE NY AND NJ SMALL JAZZ CLUBS...MUCH OF HER STYLE WAS DEVELOPED THOUGH HER SOUTHERN TOURS WITH THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTA IN THE 50'S DURING THE CIVIL RIOTS...SHE WOULD PERFORM THE CONCERT WITH THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA AND THEN SIT IN WITH A SOUTHERN BLACK BAND AND LEARNED THIER STYLE...AS WITH MOST GREAT JAZZ VOCALISTS,THEY BECAME A SEASONED JAZZ SINGER HAVING GONE THROUGH SOME ROUGH TIMES, AS DEBBIE DID.. DEBBIE LANG WORKED WITH THE THAD JONES-MEL LEWIS BIG BAND,ROY ELDRIDGE,RAY NANCE,TOMMY FLANNIGAN,PEE WEE RUSSEL,SIR ROLAND HANNA, RAY MCKINLEY AND MANY OTHER GREAT MUSICIANS.SHE IS ENCOURAGING THE SMALL,QUIET,INTIMATE,GREENWICH VILLAGE STYLE JAZZ CLUBS TO RETURN IN THE NY/NJ AREA...POSSIBLY IN THE ATLANTIC CITY AREA...THERE ARE VERY FEW, AND REAL JAZZ FANS LOVE THIS ATMOSPHERE.."A REAL JAZZ SINGER NEEDS THIS ATMOSPHERE TO SING AS SOFTLY AND EXPRESSIVLY AS POSSIBLE..WHICH CANNOT BE DONE IN A CONCERT FORMAT..OR IN A LARGER CLUB"...SHE SAYS. SHE HAS RETURNED TO THE NY/NJ AREA TO RESUME HER CAREER AS BEING ONE OF THE FEW OLDER NY JAZZ SINGERS STILL SINGIN' AND SWINGING.."SHEILA JORDON AND I ARE PROBABLY ABOUT THE OLDEST NYC JAZZ SINGERS AROUND". DEBBIE LIVES RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ATLANTIC CITY AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON TWO CD'S. THE FIRST IS A DELIGHTFUL MIX OF SWING, BALLADS, BRAZILIAN, R&B, BAND BLUES; THE SECOND CD IS "SOMETHING OLD, NEW,BORROWED AND BLUE", FROM THE GLENN MILLER DAYS....HER MUSICAL DIRECTOR IS GUITARIST LOU VOLPE WHO WORKED FOR HERBIE MANN, PEGGY LEE AND MANY OTHER GREATS. DEBBIE LANG IS A SEASONED JAZZ SINGER WELL WORTH THE YOUNGER MUSICIAN LEARNING FROM. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONTACTS BY AN OLDER AUDIENCE WHO USE TO SEE DEBBIE LANG AND THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA PERFORM AT THE STEEL PIER IN ATLANTIC CITY WHERE THEY BROADCASTED ON CBS RADIO. SHE IS STILL INVOLVED IN THE GLENN MILLER HOMETOWN SOCIETY AND STAYS IN TOUCH WITH MANY FANS FROM ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES. ATLANTIC CITY IS PROUD TO HAVE HAROLD (DOC) WINTERS, THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA..FORMER LEADER OF THE GLENN MILLER ARMY- AIR FORCE MARCHING BAND, AND NOW THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA, VOCALIST DEBBIE LANG. HER MUSICAL DIRECTOR IS GUITARIST LOU VOLPE,WHO WORKED FOR HERBIE MANN AND PEGGY LEE. written by P.Burgos FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NEW CD'S, BOOKING HER GROUP, OR SENDING HER A NOTE, YOU MAY EMAIL debbielang@peoplepc.com