The Hot N Ready String Band preforms at Cascade Draft House on Thursday, October 27 starting at 7 p.m.

In April 1935, Glenn Miller recorded, for the first time, under his own name. Using six horns, a rhythm section, and a string quartet, he recorded “Moonlight on the Ganges” and “A Blues Serenade” for Columbia. Less than three years later, they began breaking attendance...