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Gordon Polatnick

Marjorie Eliot’s Harlem Apartment Jazz Concerts – Going Strong in its 3rd Decade

Marjorie Eliot, Bob Cunningham, and Gerald Hayes from back in the day at Parlor Entertainment – 555 Edgecombe, Apt. #3F   We wanted to tip our hat to Marjorie Eliot who started Parlor Entertainment over 3 decades ago and by all accounts hasn’t missed a Sunday since the beginning.  In fact, the Covid lock-down period…

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January 24, 2025

Meet Gordon Polatnick, Article by Jacqueline Bischof – 2008

Living the Jazz Life” by Jacqueline Bischof Autumn 2008 It’s 11.30 on a Friday night in early Fall, and Dennis Davis is standing outside St. Nick’s pub in Sugar Hill, one of Harlem’s oldest and most famous jazz establishments.  Tall and wiry, Davis is wearing a weathered, ankle – length leather coat. Standing under the…

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February 11, 2020