Betty Glamann
Betty Glamann Voorhees (* 21st May 1923 in Wellington , Kansas ; † 3. September 1990 ) was an American jazz - harpist . She played with Kenny Dorham , Duke Ellington and Oscar Pettiford .
Live and act
Betty Glamann has played the harp since she was ten, attended a conservatory, graduated from Goucher College in 1944 and spent three years with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra . She played with Spike Jones in 1948 , founded the Smith-Glamann-Quintet in 1954 , played intermittently with Duke Ellington and Marian McPartland in 1955 , and then 1957-58 with Oscar Pettiford. With the band of Kenny Dorham she recorded the album Jazz Contrasts . In 1958 she was involved in recordings by Michel Legrand with Miles Davis and John Coltrane , but also on a record by Eddie Costa and in 1960 played with the Modern Jazz Quartet . In addition, an album Swinging on a Harp was created under his own name.
Discographic notes
- Duke Ellington: A Drum Is A Woman (Columbia, 1957)
- Bill Evans & Eddie Costa: Complete Quartet Recordings (Lone Hill Jazz, 1958)
- Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts (Prestige / OJC, 1957)
- Michel Legrand: Legrand Jazz (Phillips, 1958)
- Modern Jazz Quartet: MJQ 40 (Atlantic, 1952–88)
- Oscar Pettiford: Deep Passion (Impulse !, 1956–57)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.
- Peter Wießmüller: Miles Davis - his life, his music, his records. Oreos, Schaftlach.
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002.
References and comments
- ^ Announcement of death in The Hour, September 6, 1990
- ↑ Glamann contributed to the inclusion of the title Exposure on January 15, 1960. The session was led by Gunther Schuller ; first published under the title Third Stream Music
- ↑ Betty Glamann worked in June 1958 on the recording of the tracks Jitterburg Waltz, 'Round Midnight, Wild Man Blues and Django ; Other players besides Davis and Coltrane were Phil Woods , Jerome Richardson , Herbie Mann , Eddie Costa , Barry Galbraith , Bill Evans , Paul Chambers and the drummer Kenny Dennis . The recordings first appeared on the French Columbia Records under the title Miles Davis - Facets. See Peter Wießmüller: Miles Davis. P. 133
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glamann, Betty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glamann Voorhees, Betty (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz harpist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellington , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1990 |