[78-L] Terry Pollard

[Cary Ginell]

Was Tommy Pollard black? Because Terry was. She was from the Detroit area.

Cary Ginell

> From: simmonssomer at comcast.net
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> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:52:25 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Terry Pollard
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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