Clyde Pound to Pound Keys

The Garland County Library will kick off its Jazz Appreciation Month with a lunchtime program featuring keyboard player Clyde Pound at 12:30 on Friday, April 1^st.

“No, it’s not an April Fools,” Karen Covey of the library said. “Mr. Pound will play his keyboard and reminisce about jazz and all the icons he’s worked with.”

Pound, who currently lives in Hot Springs and plays in Shirley Chauvin’s band, S’Wonderful, attended San Francisco State College as a music major and subsequently performed with many star entertainers in hotels and nightclubs throughout the country. Clyde performed jazz engagements with Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Dave Pell, Bud Shank, Vido Musso. He also performed with vocalists Chris Conners andJohnny Mathis, and toured with the Bob Scoby Frisco Jazz Band.

Pound became band leader at the famous Hungry nightclub in San Francisco and worked with Laura Nyro, Mel Torme, Noel Harrison, Bill Cosby, Robert Klein, Richard Pryor, Carol Sloan, Melanie, Gail Garnett, Tommy Leonetti, Flip Wilson, Jackie Vernon, Professor Erwin Corey, Rod McKuen, and many others.

“We can’t wait to learn more about jazz from Mr. Pound and hear him play,” Covey said. “People are encouraged to bring a lunch and have a bite to eat during the program, so I guess it might be sort of like a supper club. We’ll bring a little bit of that old time Vegas feel to the Garland County Library.”

Other jazz events in April at the library include concerts by Bob Boyd Sounds on April 10^th and The Happy Tymes Jazz Band on April 17^th. All events are free, but registration is required. Call the library at 623-4161 or 922-4483 to reserve a seat or for more information.