Glenn Henry

Glenn Henry (sometimes billed as Glen Henry; né Glenn Alby Henry, Jr.; 29 August 1915 Terril, Iowa – 29 July 1993 Santa Barbara, California) was an American band leader of a popular West Coast big band bearing his name, "Glenn Henry and His Orchestra."

Style Beginning around the late 1940s, Henry's orchestra had over 300 arrangements.

Impressions in Rhythm After World War II, Henry's arranger, pianist, and vocalist Bill Dixon arranged recognizable vignettes of hummable classical works and adopted the tag line, "Impressions in Rhythm." Dixon, one of the original members in Henry's new band after World War II, explained that the "Impressions" were melodic classical works set to pleasant dance tempos. The arrangements included Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto, Debussy's Clair de Lune, Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun, Massenet's Elegie, Rubinstein's Kamennoi Ostrow, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto, Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu, and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Maxine Elliott was in the band in the 1950; she had a minor role in the film Copacabana Cherie Lynn (née Cherie Lou Christensen; 1932–2007), vocalist, married Glenn Henry in 1951, and remained married to him until his death Chris Henry, featured female vocalist from about May 1946 through 1948 also had a short marriage with Glenn during this time; she had a minor role the 1946 film, Night and Day Melody Four, featured quartet in 1946 Glenn Trio, instrumental trio featured in 1946 The Quintones, began around 1948, replacing the Melody Four Glen Henry Glee Club

Trumpets Jack Maurice Millman (de) (born 1930) Roy Munson was with Henry's band in 1942 Robert Andrew Ontiveros (1950-2011) Ruben McFall (born 1931)

Trombones Keith Albano (né Harold Keith Albano; 1922–2006) Jimmy Knepper

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