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Died. Tyree Glenn, 61, veteran jazz musician equally proficient on trombone and vibraphone; after a brief illness; in Englewood, N.J. A mainstay of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, Glenn also played with such men as Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Benny Carter. His distinctive trombone style was once described as being "like a great blues singer, like Bill Broonzy in brass...
Died. Edward Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington, 75, colossus of jazz for half a century (see Music...
...typical jazzmen's drinking contest of the Prohibition era. Through the night, Cornetist Rex Stewart and Trombonist Joe Nanton matched half pints of gin with each other-and a referee. By 9 a.m., the only one left standing was the referee, who happened to be Bandleader Duke Ellington. Recalling the incident last year in his autobiography Music is my Mistress, Ellington wrote, "I don't drink booze any more. I retired undefeated champ about 30 years...
...England Conservatory. The conservatory's jazz ensemble plays a program of Ellington tunes Friday, May 10, at Jordan Hall, 8:30 p.m., $2. The ragtime ensemble will feature some Scott Joplin rags at its concert Sunday, May 12 at Jordan Hall. Call 536-2412 for information...
...revealed to his attuned audience a series of high card student performers who injected new life into some of the old jazz standards. The two numbers which lingered longest in Sander's hot summer air were, no doubt, Ray Brown's "Is There Anything Still There," and Duke Ellington's stock favorite "Satin Doll." Brown's eloquent tune featured a deep sax solo in the Coleman Hawkins vein by Jim Scales, who unfortunately had to battle a couple of over-zealous trumpeters to be heard. "Satin Doll," a likely homage to the Duke's 75th birthday, started out slow with...