NEW Philly Jazz Legacy Newsletter! 👀

November 2024 | 47th Issue

It's always interesting when we're doing these life in jazz histories when someone is mentioned who is unfamiliar. Apparently, singer Dottie Clark, from Youngstown, Ohio, made a few stops in Philly. One of them at Periwinkle's with a young Tom Lawton. Click on the album cover above to hear her with Danny Bank on tenor, Joe Grimm on flute, Frank Anderson on organ, and Vinnie Bell on guitar. 1964

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Recordings of Harrison Ridley Jr. Programs Preserved by Robert Smith (written by Jack McCarthy)

In its efforts to build the Philadelphia Jazz Archives at the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University, The Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project has benefited from the work of many local jazz fans and collectors. This month, we would like to acknowledge the important work of Robert Smith, who has helped preserve a group of the radio programs of the late broadcaster and educator Harrison Ridley Jr.

Life History Interview Part III

Pianist/Composer Tom Lawton!

In Part III, Tom Lawton talks about working Periwinkles on Chestnut Street and sitting in at the Olympia Lounge at 52nd and Baltimore with Gerald Price in the 1970s. Later, we discuss his work with Odean Pope and Bobby Zankel. There are some wonderful stories he tells about playing "If I Were a Bell" with Larry McKenna, and getting yelled at by singer Dottie Clark.

Interviewers: Suzanne Cloud and Jack McCarthy

Videographer Jason Fifield

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