Harvey Lang: The Chicago Days

(above and above left) Of these pictures Lang wrote, "Chgo. H.L. Club Laurel--Ludwig Drums. H.L.--John Jeffrey--Bob Lain. Happy, happy times".

(left) "Chgo. Spring 1954--'Oddo's Lounge' (our dressing room). Happy times".

 

(above) Pianist Stan Everhart, 1954.

 

 

(above) Lang with the Bobby Lain Quartet, Club Laurel, Chicago, IL, 1954.


(below) Oddo's Lounge, February 1956. South side of Irving Park Road, one block east of Harlem (information provided by Chicago drummer Phil Stanger, who also played at Oddo's in the mid-1950s).

 



  (above) Of these photos, Lang wrote, "1955--Chgo--Mafia club 'Abstract Lounge'--H.L. and Leon Sash Trio".

 

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