- Born
- December 6, 1930
- Died
- October 20, 2007
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Ruby Glover was a jazz vocalist who was given the title "Godmother of Jazz" in 1993 by Baltimore mayor Kurt Schmoke. As a professor at Sojourner-Douglass College, she influenced many young students of her Baltimore community one among the many tributes to her honor was being heralded as "one of the greatest champions of jazz Baltimore has ever known". Among the many top musicians with whom she had shared the stage were Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt, Keter Betts, Andy Ennis, Charles Covington, Carlos Johnson, Whit Williams, Dennis Chambers, and Mickey Fields.