Glow's early career was on the road with Artie Shaw, Woody Herman and others during the last years of the big-band era.
The majority of his years were spent as a first-rate New York City studio musician, where he worked with Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, and did thousands of radio and television recording sessions.
At The High School of Music & Art, during the Second World War,[1] Bernie played in bands with future notables Stan Getz, Tiny Khan, Shorty Rogers and George Wallington.
Beginning in 1953 Bernie Glow was a first-call trumpet player and played on thousands of recording sessions.
[2] With Manny Albam With Tony Bennett With George Benson With Bob Brookmeyer With Ruth Brown With Kenny Burrell With Candido Camero With Betty Carter With Al Cohn With Hank Crawford With Miles Davis and Gil Evans With Bill Evans With Gil Evans With Art Farmer With Maynard Ferguson With Aretha Franklin With Curtis Fuller With Dizzy Gillespie With Jimmy Giuffre With Benny Golson With Urbie Green With Eddie Harris With Billie Holiday With Freddie Hubbard With Milt Jackson With Al Kooper With John Lewis With Mundell Lowe With Herbie Mann With Gary McFarland With Blue Mitchell With the Modern Jazz Quartet With Wes Montgomery With Mark Murphy With Oliver Nelson With Joe Newman With Laura Nyro With Anita O'Day With Chico O'Farrill With Tito Puente With Nelson Riddle With Jimmy Smith With Rex Stewart and Cootie Williams With Sarah Vaughan With Walter Wanderley With Dinah Washington With Doc Severinsen- "The Big Band's Back in Town" -Command records- 1962 With Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony backing The Stylistics- Trumpet solos on "Do the Hustle" & "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"- 1975