Lennie Sogoloff

Lennie Sogoloff
Occupation	Music club owner
Spouse	Barbara Anne Raby
Children	Leanne 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]}

Sogoloff’s nephew is Chris Barron, the lead singer of the Spin Doctors. ^[7]

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.
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.
7. https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/spin-doctors-front-man-to-perform-solo-south-side-show/