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Ramsey Lewis Trio

From left to right; Eldee Young - Ramsey Lewis - Redd Holt Photo taken at Wacker Drve & Michigan Ave. in 1960

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Von Freeman at the Apartment Lounge - 1983

#von freeman #bandleader #tenor sax #apartment lounge #1983

Albert Ammons (1907 - 1949) and His Band - publicity still 1936

He was the farther of tenor man Gene “JUG” Ammons

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Dinah Washington (1924 - 1963)

A Slick Chick on The Mellow Side

During a 1962 Studio Session

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Nat King Cole (1919 - 1965)

Like you didn’t know who it is

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Club Delisa Patrons - early 1950′s

#club delisa #nightclubs #1950's

Jerry’s Palm Tavern - 446 e 47th St.

Sadly a victim of misguided Urban Renewal

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Floor Show at the Rhumboogie Nightclub - Apr 1941

Located on 55th street (Garfield Blvd) near the El

The Club was in part owned by Boxing Champ Joe Lewis

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Dorothy Donegan (1922 - 1998)

Publicity Still from 1940's

Donegan was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and began studying piano at the age of eight. She graduated from Chicago's DuSable High School, where she studied under Walter Dyett. She worked with such notables as Dinah Washington, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, and Von Freeman. She was a protégée of Art Tatum, who once called her "the only woman who can make me practice”. In 1943, Donegan became the first African American to perform at Chicago's Orchestra Hall.

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Gene Ammons -- “Jug” (1925 - 1974)