Lennie Sogoloff

Lennie Sogoloff
OccupationMusic club owner
SpouseBarbara Anne Raby
ChildrenLeanne Desjardins, Karen Gilman, Adam Sogoloff

Leonard Sogoloff (November 24, 1923 - July 12, 2014)[1] was a music club owner and jazz aficionado who owned and ran Lennie's on the Turnpike, a jazz club located on Route One North in Peabody, Massachusetts, from the mid-1950s to 1972. The Peabody location was lost in a fire in 1971 and the club was briefly located at a nearby Holiday Inn, and finally Village Green in Danvers.[2]

Sogoloff presented initially only a jukebox with jazz music on before blues and jazz musicians presented live from 1963.[3] Jay Leno opened for the musical acts from January 1972 to September 1972. Live musical acts included Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Kris Kristofferson, Miles Davis, Dizzie Gillespie, and Stan Kenton.[4]

Sogoloff bequeathed his collection of memorabilia to Salem State University, including a number of photos.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Leonard Sogoloff". Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ McCabe, Kathy. "Leno to honor his earliest booster". Boston.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. ^ Monson, Ingrid (1997). Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction. Chicago. p. 226.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Brown, Kerry. "Lennies on the Turnpike". Marblehead Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Lennies on the Turnpike Photo Archive". Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. ^ Ramsey, Doug. "Lennie Sogoloff Still Presents". Rifftides. Retrieved 9 April 2014.