[78-L] Terry Pollard

[Royal Pemberton]

One LP she's on is TERRY GIBBS, EmArcy MG 36047, circa 1955..

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:52 AM, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>wrote:

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> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
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> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 5:39 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Terry Pollard
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> > 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.
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> > Cary Ginell
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> Right. I have a couple of those tracks. "Fedj" I belive  and some others
> "Almost Like Being In Love." etc.
> Don Fagerquist (tp) Good stuff.
> Wait a minute.......it was January 1953 which is very early in the year.
> One
> could say it was almost 1952,
> so we could say it was just past the late 40's.
>
> Al S.
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> P.S. Was she related to Tommy Pollard, also a pianist,  who made some sides
> under his own name joined by Vic Feldman on vibes?
> London April 1951 on the Esquire label. (Early 50's just past the late
> 40's)
>
> Al S.
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