Mr. Norman Leyden
Born on
October 17. 1917, in Springfield, Massachusets.
Instrument: (cl) † July 23, 2025 Portland, Oregon
As arranger he toured with Glenn Millers AAF Band through England und France and in 1946
with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, conducted byTex Beneke through the United States.
Since more than 50 year Mr. Leyden works as a professional musician.
He composes, conducts and arranges classical and contemporary music.
Mr. Leyden has already played several times in Tony Jagitsch's orchestra.
On
September 9, 2025
in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein ain June 1998 in the United States at the Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda/IOWA.
Tony Jagitsch presents a small Sachertorte with the
SWING TIME BIG BAND logo to Norman Leyden at the 1998 Glenn Miller Festival.
Norman Leyden not only played clarinet with Tony’s orchestra, he also…
... directed the SWING TIME BIG BAND and …
....even sang the Chatanooga Choo Choo with the
SWING TIME SINGERS
Manfred Haselhofer, Leo Wurm, Klaudia Pendlmayr und Ulrike Wurm (from l.to r.)