| LC control no. | n 89614128 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Glenn, Tyree |
| Variant(s) | Glenn, Evans Tyree |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19121123 |
| Death date | 19740518 |
| Place of birth | Corsicana (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Englewood (N.J.) |
| Affiliation | Cab Calloway Orchestra Don Redman Orchestra Duke Ellington Band WPIX (Television station : New York, N.Y.) All Stars (Musical group : Louis Armstrong) |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Trombonists Vibraphonists |
| Found in | His Tyree's blues, 1966?: t.p. (Tyree Glenn) New Grove dict. of jazz (Glenn, (Evans) Tyree; b. Nov. 23, 1912, Corsicana, TX, d. May 18, 1974, Englewood, NJ; trombonist and vibraphonist) African American National Biography, accessed April 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Glenn, Tyree; jazz musician, trombonist, vibraphonist; born 23 November 1912 in Corsicana, Texas, United States; played with Tommy Mills's Orchestra (1934-1936) and Charlie Echols's big band (1936); toured with Ethel Waters's backup band (1939); worked with Cab Calloway Orchestra (1940-1946); toured Europe with Don Redman's band (1946); gained recognition while with Duke Ellington band (1947-1951); worked for WPIX-TV; led his own band (1950s); played with Louis Armstrong All-Stars (1965-1971); died 18 May 1974 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States) |
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