[78-L] Terry Pollard

[Cary Ginell]

Just heard of the passing of Terry Pollard on December 16 at the age of 78. Pollard was a great, vastly unappreciated bop pianist from the 1950s. Never saw any notice about her death. She had been in poor health for quite a few years after a stroke. There is a wonderful clip from the Tonight Show from 1956 of Terry playing piano and vibes with Terry Gibbs. I think I showed it an ARSC talk I gave on Gibbs a few years ago. Pollard made few records, but I do have a marvelous 10" LP she made for Bethlehem in the early '50s (let's not get into that again). I think it was 1953.

 

Cary Ginell
 		 	   		  
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