This is a fitting closure the story of the AAF Band. Returned from Europe and with Sgt. Jerry Gray conducting (Ray McKinley was involved in setting up his own band), the orchestra made a series of valedictory broadcasts before its members were discharged in late 1945. This CD is taken from air shots of those performances. It's a tribute to the strength of Glenn Miller's leadership that the orchestra sounds just as good in these recordings, nearly a year after he disappeared, as it did under his baton.
Although there are many of the AAF standards, it's also interesting to hear how the band was moving to a somewhat more commercial sound, as heard for example in "Autumn Serenade". I confess to shedding a tear or two, knowing that I was listening to the end of the original Miller story. If you are any kind of devotee of the Glenn Miller AAF Band, you need this record in your collection as a final salute to the Major.