Lloyd Glenn

Lloyd Colquitt Glenn (November 21, 1909 – May 23, 1985)[1][2] was an American R&B pianist, bandleader and arranger, who was a pioneer of the "West Coast" blues style.

He moved to California in 1941, joining the Walter Johnson trio in 1944, and finding employment as a session musician and arranger.

[3] He accompanied T-Bone Walker on his 1947 hit "Call It Stormy Monday", and later the same year made his own first solo records, billed as Lloyd Glenn and His Joymakers.

[3] At the same time, he continued to perform as pianist in Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band.

[2] Towards the end of his career he played at clubs in Los Angeles, performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and toured with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Big Joe Turner, and his musician son, Lloyd Glenn Jr.[3] Glenn died in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack in May 1985.