“Tyree, to me, is a very beautiful trombone player. He plays real good legit trombone, and when he applied the plunger to it his tone remained very precise and clean, so that you were tempted to like it better than Tricky’s because it was so clean. But then, Tricky’s was so plaintive. Tyree is a very agile-minded musician and he always wants to do a lot of things….[H]e is one of the most effective plunger trombones I have ever heard.”
– Duke Ellington, “Duke’s Bones”
William Tyree Glenn
(23 November 1910 – 18 May 1974)
Tyree Glenn’s Birth Certificate
The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
Hy’a Sue (CD: “Duke Ellington: The Columbia Years 1927-1962” Columbia 5176872)
Recorded 14 August 1947, Los Angeles
Shelton Hemphill, Dud Bascomb, Francis Williams, Ray Nance, Harold Baker – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Tyree Glenn – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
Solid Old Man (CD: “Duke Ellington at the Hollywood Empire,” Storyville 101 8346)
Recorded 10 February 1949, Empire Club Broadcast, Hollywood, California
Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Francis Williams, Harold Baker, Ray Nance – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Ben Webster, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Wendell Marshall – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
Sultry Serenade (CD: “Duke Ellington: The Columbia Years 1927-1962” Columbia 5176872)
Recorded 6 October 1947, Los Angeles
Shelton Hemphill, Dud Bascomb, Ray Nance, Francis Williams – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Claude Jones – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Oscar Pettiford – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
Dance #2 (from “The Liberian Suite”) (CD: “Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts, December 1947,” Prestige 2PCD-24075-2)
Recorded 26 December 1947, Carnegie Hall, NYC
Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Francis Williams, Ray Nance, Harold Baker – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones – trombone; Tyree Glenn – vibraphone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
Limehouse Blues (CD: “The Great Concerts, Cornell University 1948,” Nimbus Records, Ni-2727)
Recorded 10 December 1948, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Francis Williams, Ray Nance, Harold Baker – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson – trombone; Tyree Glenn – vibraphone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Ben Webster, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Wendell Marshall – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
In A Mellow Tone/ Cotton Tail (CD: “Duke with a Difference” – Clark Terry, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-229-2, RLP 12-246)
Recorded 6 September 1957, NYC
Clark Terry – trumpet, Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone; Britt Woodman – trombone; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Paul Gonsalves – tenor sax; Jimmy Woode – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums.
Mood Indigo (CD: “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” Columbia CK 37340)
Recorded 6 September 1973, NYC
Teresa Brewer – vocal; Duke Ellington – piano; Tyree Glenn – trombone; Russell Procope – clarinet; Harry Carney – bass clarinet; Jeff Beck – guitar; Herb Bushler, Wulf Freedman – electric bass; Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – drums.
— Our closing music —-
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.
