Betty Glamann

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".

elected 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)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dcfoxqejldke Review of "Swinging on a Harp"] , Allmusic