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R e s o n a n c e R e c o r d s . o r g Apple Chorus “A Gal A Night Is Enough For Any Man” by Ira Gitler Thirty years ago in June of 1979 trumpeter/ broadcasts of various groups from one led by George flugelhornist Mark Morganelli founded the Jazz Forum Coleman to a quartet featuring the pianos of John in the East Village. It was a place where both musicians Hicks and Albert Dailey. who already had paid some dues and established their Bruce Lundvall’s Elektra Musician label names to some degree, and new comers, trying to recorded sessions there for “live” audiences with by some of the music’s finest keyboard practitioners: gain a foot-hold in the highly competitive New York the Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan Quintet; and Woody Barry Harris, Kenny Barron and Cedar Walton; scene, were given opportunities to play in an informal Shaw’s group featuring Bobby Hutcherson. I was top-shelf bassists Ray Drummond, Rufus Reid and atmosphere for an aware and interested audience. at the Rodney/Sullivan date and granted that their George Mraz; and pre-eminent percussionists, Leroy For three years there pianist Barry Harris taught chemistry guaranteed real fireworks, the atmosphere Williams, Louis Hayes, Al Foster and Jimmy Cobb. instrumentalists and vocalists every Monday evening created by the Forum and its audience contributed to Other luminaries included Lou Donaldson, before opening his Jazz Cultural Theater as classroom/ the great vibe of the LP.