Betty Glamann
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Betty Glamann (b. May 21, 1923, Wellington, Kansas) is an American jazz harpist.
Glamann learned to play harp at the age of ten. She attended a conservatory and was the harpist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for three years. She played with Spike Jones in 1948, founded the Smith-Glamann Quintet in 1955, played with Duke Ellington and Marian McPartland around 1955 and then with Oscar Pettiford during 1957-58. With Kenny Dorham's band she recorded the album Jazz Contrasts in 1957. In 1958 she was involved in a Michel Legrand recording session with John Coltrane and Miles Davis; she played with Eddie Costa in 1958 and with the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1960. She recorded one album under her own name, Swinging on a Harp.
[edit] Selected Discography
- 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)
