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“Down the Avenue: Stories of Springwood Avenue”

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AP-AMP’s mission is to celebrate the music, peop

AP-AMP’s mission is to celebrate the music, people, and stories of Springwood Avenue in Asbury Park, which includes moments in time that connect Asbury Park's history to the shared stories of Americans across the country.

Without the people who impacted Asbury Park’s story all along the way, we would not be who we are today.

In a week of big moments, we respect the past and prepare for the future.

📸: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center) with Rev. Alfred Pugh, the minister at Second Baptist Church (right). Wayne McMurry, editor and president of the Asbury Park Press, is on the right. This photo was taken in 1960 at Asbury Park High School. Credit: @asburyparkpress
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#westsidewednesday #asburypark #nj #springwoodavenue #apamp #history #martinlutherking #mlk #stories #freedom

Just because we all deserve some beautiful music!

Just because we all deserve some beautiful music! Throwback to some
Sunday jazz at St. Augustine’s in 2018 featuring Dorian Parreott and
Friends. ⭐️
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #springwoodavenue #springwoodavehistory #nj
#jazz #westside #asburyparkmusic #asburypark

We are excited to welcome Mr. Ruben Bray @grimmloc

We are excited to welcome Mr. Ruben Bray @grimmlock7 as the newest member of our Advisory Committee!

Born in Asbury Park, Ruben is a DJ/Sound Specialist with Total Xperience Entertainment Group and security for the Asbury Park School District. Thank you for joining the AP-AMP team!

#westsidewednesday #apamp #welcome #teamwork #springwoodavenue #dj #asburyparkschools #community #asburyparkmusic #asburypark

As we wrap up 2020, thank you in advance for consi

As we wrap up 2020, thank you in advance for considering a year-end gift to the Asbury Park African-American Music Project. ❤️

To donate and learn more about Springwood Ave. music and the extraordinary humans we’ve had a chance to interview, please visit www.asburyamp.org

📷 Morgan Souder, showcasing artwork by AP-AMP Board Member Kathleen Melgar 🎶
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #springwoodavenue #musichistory #africanamericanhistory #music #asburyparkhistory #asburypark #thankyou

A little holiday cheer, compliments of Mr. JT Bowe

A little holiday cheer, compliments of Mr. JT Bowen and a few of our local favorites.

📷: A Very Asbury Holiday (2018) Paramount Theater
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #jtbowen #asburyparkmusic #africanamericanhistory #asburypark #santababy #holiday #guitar #music #musician #livemusic #songwriter #singer #happyholidays #earthakitt @eartha_kitt @paramount.theatre.ap

AP-AMP team sat in the interviewee seats today to

AP-AMP team sat in the interviewee seats today to talk Springwood Ave. music history as part of @thejerseysound project! Thank you for including us! 🎶
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#apamp #springwoodavenue #africanamericanhistory #music #jazz #soul #rhythmandblues #musicians #africanamericanmusic #asburypark #nj #TheJerseySound

Turf Club planning and dreaming on a rainy day 🎶 Stay tuned!
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #turfclub #musichistory #africanamericanhistory #communityhistory #springwoodavenue #musicvenue #asburypark

We sure miss getting together to talk Springwood A

We sure miss getting together to talk Springwood Ave. history. AP-AMP is still listening and documenting stories virtually, and looking forward to the days we can gather again!

Check out AP-AMP’s digital museum and let us know if you have Springwood Ave. memories and pictures you’d like to share!

Pic: AP-AMP talking Springwood Ave. history at the Asbury Park Public Library (2018)

#westsidewednesday #apamp #springwoodavenue #africanamericanhistory #musichistory #localhistory #asburyparkpubliclibrary #asburypark @asburyparklibrary

We celebrate this Westside Wednesday with a big TH

We celebrate this Westside Wednesday with a big THANK YOU to Dorian Parreott & Toni Veasy for their generous donation to the Asbury Park African-American Music Project through a special APHS yearbook sale (Dorian has a few left so let us know if you’re interested)!

Musician, educator, mentor, & friend of all things music ... Dorian Parreott
shares so much with the Asbury Park community. We are grateful for the support, the music and the friendship!

Photos from the 2018 Very Asbury Holiday Show 🎷
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #asburypark #music #musician #educator #dorianparreott #sax #saxophone #concert #thankyou

Each and every story that has been so generously s

Each and every story that has been so generously shared with the Asbury Park African-American Music Project is a gift. We are here to amplify the voices and music of Springwood Ave. so that they continue to inspire the next generation of our community.

A #GivingTuesday gift from you will keep the stories going. Donation link in bio 🖤

Thank you!
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#givingtuesday #nonprofit #community #stories #africanamerican #blackmusic #thankyou

This week's #WestsideWednesday is a warm up for ne

This week's #WestsideWednesday is a warm up for next week's #GivingTuesday⁠⁠!

We are asking our community to consider a donation to AP-AMP, where every dollar helps celebrate the music and stories of Springwood Ave. Click bio link to donate!

Check out this 2019 clip from @nbcnewyork to hear more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/neighborhood-hot-spot_-asbury-park_s-african-american-music-project_new-york/1060708/
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #asburypark #givingtuesday #springwoodavenue

Holiday Springwood Avenue musings by songwriter, g

Holiday Springwood Avenue musings by songwriter, guitarist, and singer Mr. Al Holmes:

" ... holidays we used to ride down, and Sundays, my uncle used to ride us down Springwood Avenue because it was a big deal. You could see everybody getting dressed up just to walk down Springwood because it was happening from one end where 35 was all the way down to Main Street. It was nothing but music when you walk down from 35, you would come to the first club... [clears throat] and you would get to the second club. And, but before you get to the second club. As the first club is fading out, the second club is fading in and that's how I went all the way down Springwood Avenue. And people would dance out on the street if they felt like it." ✨
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#westsidewednesday #asburypark #apamp #springwoodavenue #holidays #memories #music #nothingbutmusic #interview

The Asbury Park African-American Music Project rem

The Asbury Park African-American Music Project remembers the extraordinary Ms. Dolores "Dee" Holland with love and honor.

Dee's impact on the music world near and far and her influence on musicians comes up time and time again in our interviews, along with a memorable and defining comment that we've heard more than once, "She had a wicked left hand." 🎹

Our time with the gracious, talented and humble Dee is something we hold close to our hearts. ♥️

Photos:
1. Dolores Holland, organ (1940s) Photo: D. Holland
2. Dee honored with Al Griffin and Cliff Johnson at the City of Asbury Park's Black History Month Celebration (2018).
3. Dee Holland and her daughter, Paulette Holland Fant, leaving their AP-AMP interview (2017).
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Obituary: https://www.castleridgemortuary.com/obituary/dolores-holland?fh_id=15261&fbclid=IwAR3M_RoZLLXXhAv86tpYm1Vo6FUrFriQJ4pW11gH7SV7tZvMQGr-ro359Z4
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#westsidewednesday #deeholland #springwoodavenue #musichistory #asburypark #africanamericanhistory #asburyparkhistory #jazz #piano #organ #womeninmusic #keyboard

It wasn't just musicians that performed up and dow

It wasn't just musicians that performed up and down Springwood Avenue! Next week, the Asbury Park African-American Music Project Team gets to interview Ricardo Washington and hear the story of the Madisons, a dance group that performed with many musicians at Springwood Avenue venues! 🎶

In his autobiography, “Redemption Rising,” Ricardo describes his life, growing up in Asbury Park and beyond.

Stay tuned for more from AP-AMP’s interview with Ricardo! ✨
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #asburypark #nj #springwoodavenue #music #dance #madisons #artist #africanamericanartist #interview #author #redemptionrising

We love to celebrate local musicians AND their con

We love to celebrate local musicians AND their connections to Springwood Ave. history! 🎶

Saxophonist Bill Carter grew up next door to jazz pianist Dolores "Dee" Holland and had the opportunity to perform with her later in life. Bill has played all over, including legendary Springwood Ave. venues Orchid Lounge & Big Bill's! We were lucky to have Bill perform at AP-AMP's launch event at the Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery and look forward to the opportunity to hear Bill play again soon!

Check out our Digital Museum for more information about Bill, Dee and many other musicians with ties to Springwood Ave.

Photo: @breathlessconni
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #springwoodavenue #asburypark #nj #jazz @transparentclinch #saxophone #sax #music #musician

Mr. Robert Watt was the first African American Fre

Mr. Robert Watt was the first African American French Horn player to be hired by a major symphony orchestra in the U.S. During his interview with AP-AMP, Mr. Watt spoke about growing up on Springwood Ave. 📯

Springwood Ave “... was part of where Black people ended up ... starting (with) the Great Migration which started back after World War I ... And that's why Black people started coming up from the south to work in the north. And I know that Springwood Avenue was part of that. And that's probably my grandmother and grandfather, they were part of that also.... And the history that it created, those are the Black people who created those histories.

... On Springwood Avenue ... there’s amazing memories and a lot of culture in what, three quarters of a mile? ... so much culture in one small little street.”

To learn more about Mr. Watt, go to robertleewatt.com. More coming soon on AP-AMP’s digital museum (asburyamp.org)

Photo: Robertleewatt.com
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Often Springwood Ave. history comes to AP-AMP not

Often Springwood Ave. history comes to AP-AMP not from archives and museums, but from lively conversations and hand-written notes.

Mr. Duval Moore shared this list of musicians who played at the Orchid Lounge with us during his interview with AP-AMP. Check out our digital museum to see more about the Orchid Lounge.

Who did YOU hear play at the Orchid Lounge? 🎶
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#westsidewednesday #asburypark #apamp #springwoodavenue #orchidlounge #nj #newjersey

Do You Remember? Who was the most well known Shoes

Do You Remember? Who was the most well known Shoeshine on Springwood in the 1960s-70s? Answer in comments! 👞
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Photo: @asburyparkpress , 1977
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#westsidewednesday #apamp #asburypark #asburyparkhistory #springwoodavenue #nj #history #doyouremember

LAST CALL for 100% Match for donations this weeken

LAST CALL for 100% Match for donations this weekend! Help AP-AMP share Springwood Ave stories and save the Turf Club! Donate through our website, Asburyamp.org, before 10/5!

📸 @breathlessconni

Special Westside Wednesday Announcement - 100% Don

Special Westside Wednesday Announcement - 100% Donation Match Extended through Oct. 5th!!!

Anserve Inc. has generously extended their 100% match for all donations to AP-AMP!

Click the Donate button at asbury amp.org (THANK YOU to Anserve and all who have donated !)

Join our community effort to share the stories of Springwood Ave and save the Turf Club!

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