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Terry Pollard
A Detroit Jazz Legend
(Fresh Sound)
IN 1955, when pianist Terry Pollard recorded her only album as leader on the Bethlehem label, English jazz critic Leonard Feather commented on the grotesque attitudes towards women in jazz.
“The role of the feminine performer has taken on a slightly offside significance in jazz. Presumably because of the unwritten social law decreeing that a charming young damsel looks less alluring with a trombone ruining her lipstick, or a tuba spoiling her smile ...”
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