Betty Glamann

Betty Glamann Voorhees (May 21, 1923 – September 3, 1990) was an American jazz harpist. She was born in Wellington, Kansas.

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.

Discography

• Smith-Glamann Quintet "Poinciana" (Bethlehem, 1955)
• 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: The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
• Johnny Lytle: People & Love (Milestone, 1972)

References

• Review of Swinging on a Harp, Allmusic