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     Terry Pollard was a pianist and vibraphonist, which means you have to listen for different instruments on different albums. She got her start in Detroit, which is obvious from some of her earliest recordings. She was a part of the music that led into Motown- including Jackie Wilson's first album He went as Sonny Wilson at the time. She went on to work with vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, which is who you hear at the beginning of the mixtape. I couldn't find any recordings of Pollard being interviewed, but you can hear her speak over some of the tunes if you listen carefully to the end of "Now's the Time" live from the Tonight Show. 

I've lindicated which instrument she was playing on each album. 

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1952

"Danny Boy"

Jackie Wilson's first recording

CELESTE

5:13

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1953

"Henry"

Sax Kari with Gloria Irving

PIANO

7:37

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1954

"Tea for Two"

with Terry Gibbs Quartet

PIANO

10:40

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1954

"Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better"

From Cats Vs Chicks a Leonard Feather project

PIANO

16:24

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1954

"Temporary"

From the Terry Gibbs album "Terry"

PIANO

21:23

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1955

"Fedj"

From the Terry Pollard album "Terry Pollard"

PIANO

24:38

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1955

"Almost Like Being In Love"

From the Terry Pollard album "Terry Pollard Quintet"

PIANO

28:27

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1955

"Pretty Face"

From the Terry Gibbs album "Terry Gibbs"

PIANO

31:58

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1955

"Scrapple from the Apple"

From the Terry Pollard album "Terry Pollard"

PIANO

36:07

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1956

"Stomping at the Savoy"

with Dick Garcia and Gene Quil from the album "A Message from Garcia"

PIANO

39:48

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1955

"Nutty Notes"

with the Terry Gibbs Quartet from "Mallets a Plenty"

PIANO

41:59

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1956

"Gibberish" and "Now's the Time"

with the Terry Gibbs Quartet from a performance on the Tonight Show.

PIANO then VIBES

47:49

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1958

"Morning"

with the Yusef Lateef from the album "At Cranbrook and Elsewhere"

PIANO

53:01

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1959

"Oboe Blues"

with the Yusef Lateef from the album "The Dreamer"

PIANO

1:07:42

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1961

"Our Love is Here to Stay"

with the Dorothy Ashby from the album "Four Classic Albums Plus"

VIBES

1:13:32

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