Tyree Glenn

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Tyree Glenn
photo by William P. Gottlieb .

Tyree Glenn Evans (* 23. November 1912 in Corsicana ( Texas ); † 18th May 1974 in Englewood, New Jersey ) was an American jazz - trombone player of Swing .

Tyree Glenn played in local orchestras from 1929, then with Tommy Mills in Washington, DC 1934-36 and in New York with Eddie Barefield 1936/37, in the studio band of the "jazz baron" Timme Rosenkrantz in 1938, with Benny Carter 1939/40 and Cab Calloway 1940-46. Glenn visited Europe with Don Redman's orchestra in 1946 and, on his return to the USA , was engaged by Duke Ellington , with whom he stayed until the spring of 1951. From 1952 he worked as a studio musician for TV and radio stations in New York and worked as a freelance musician for various Swing and Dixieland formations. He performed with his own quartet in New York in the second half of the 1950s, and from 1952 to 1963 on the Daily Radio Show . From 1965 to 1968 Glenn toured with the Louis Armstrong All Stars ; he played with Armstrong until his death in 1971. In his final years he led his own band again.

Glenn continued the growl ( wah wah ) style known from Joe Tricky Sam Nanton in the Ellington Orchestra , but also played an excellent swinging trombone . Occasionally he performed as a vibraphonist . He can be heard in Benny Carter's “ Melancholy Lullaby ” 1939, Rex Stewart's “ Three Horn Parlay ” 1945, Duke Ellington's “ Hy'a Sue ”, “ Three Cent Stomp ”, “ Sultry Serenade ” 1947 and on recordings with Don Byas , Cab Calloway , Sid Catlett , Milt Hinton , Billie Holiday , Jonah Jones , Hot Lips Page , Timmie Rosenkrantz , Billy Taylor and Joe Thomas .

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SURNAME Glenn, Tyree
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glenn, Evans Tyree (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swing jazz trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Corsicana ( Texas )
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1974
Place of death Englewood, New Jersey