[78-L] Terry Pollard

[simmonssomer]

No. He was a kawkaishun Brit.. Died at age of 37, apparently from the same 
illness that felled Charlie Parker.
I can't find any connection between Terry and Tomy.....yet.

Al S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Terry Pollard


>
> Was Tommy Pollard black? Because Terry was. She was from the Detroit area.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> From: simmonssomer at comcast.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:52:25 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Terry Pollard
>>
>>
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>> >
>> > 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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