Barbara Gardner Proctor, RIP

[paul secor]

You may have come across jazz liner notes written by her in the early 1960's: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/obituaries/barbara-gardner-proctor-trailblazing-ad-executive-dies-at-86.html

[Chuck Nessa]

She worked for Down Beat in the early '60s.

[Mark Stryker]

Here's an example of her work for Down Beat. I believe it was Gene Lees -- to his credit -- that brought her into the stable of writers for the magazine. I wasn't aware of her pioneering work in the advertising world. Quite a life ...

https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2016/03/slide-hampton-interview-with-barbara.html

 

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

On 2/6/2019 at 6:16 AM, paul secor said:

You may have come across jazz liner notes written by her in the early 1960's: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/obituaries/barbara-gardner-proctor-trailblazing-ad-executive-dies-at-86.html

It was disappointing that the obit does not mention her role as a writer and record reviewer for Down Beat. In fact her involvement in Jazz was only briefly mentioned.

I well recall reading her articles and reviews in Down Beat when they were first published.

[JSngry]

It goes on: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1706714-Barbara-Gardner

RIP to, among other things, yet another example of an Chicago-centric African-American entrepreneurial spirit that runs wider and deeper than traditional American history tends to highlight.