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As an integral behind-the-scenes fixture on the L.A. postwar blues scene, pianist/arranger/A&R man Lloyd Glenn had few equals. His rolling ivories anchored many of <a href="spotify:artist:3VhvGNnWfzmlEyiuhzdgf5">Lowell Fulson</a>'s best waxings for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Swing+Time%22">Swing Time</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Checker%22">Checker</a>, and he scored his own major hits on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Swing+Time%22">Swing Time</a> with the imaginative instrumentals "Old Time Shuffle Blues" in 1950 and "Chica Boo" the next year. Glenn was already an experienced musician when he left the Lone Star state for sunny California in 1942. His early sessions there included backing <a href="spotify:artist:6nPKmEbQmR8jGZEm7ArOFX">T-Bone Walker</a> at the 1947 <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Capitol%22">Capitol</a> date that produced the guitarist's immortal "Call It Stormy Monday." Glenn recorded for the first time under his own name the same year for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Imperial%22">Imperial</a> with his band, the Joymakers, which included guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7yiCpGZXjymFxubcuAozhE">Gene Phillips</a>, saxist <a href="spotify:artist:77zFVepH3jsf7ApEG35apD">Marshall Royal</a>, and singer Geraldine Carter.
Massively constructed guitarist Tiny Webb introduced Glenn to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Swing+Time%22">Swing Time</a> owner Jack Lauderdale in 1949, inaugurating Glenn's five-year stint as A&R man at the firm. After <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Swing+Time%22">Swing Time</a>'s demise, the pianist moved to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Aladdin+Records%22">Aladdin Records</a>, issuing more catchy instrumentals for Eddie Mesner's firm through 1959. There was also an isolated session for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Imperial%22">Imperial</a> in 1962 that produced "Twistville" and "Young Date." The pianist remained active into the '80s, often touring as <a href="spotify:artist:1DTgcOxytJHD8p17mhSgd7">Big Joe Turner</a>'s accompanist. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
Massively constructed guitarist Tiny Webb introduced Glenn to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Swing+Time%22">Swing Time</a> owner Jack Lauderdale in 1949, inaugurating Glenn's five-year stint as A&R man at the firm. After <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Swing+Time%22">Swing Time</a>'s demise, the pianist moved to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Aladdin+Records%22">Aladdin Records</a>, issuing more catchy instrumentals for Eddie Mesner's firm through 1959. There was also an isolated session for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Imperial%22">Imperial</a> in 1962 that produced "Twistville" and "Young Date." The pianist remained active into the '80s, often touring as <a href="spotify:artist:1DTgcOxytJHD8p17mhSgd7">Big Joe Turner</a>'s accompanist. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
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