Jazz Articles about Jon Lampley

Jon Lampley: Get In Where You Fit In

by Leo Sidran
August 16, 2021

Jon Lampley knows how to “get in where you fit in." He's been doing it since he was a boy in an Ohio suburb, spending his week as “the only black kid at school" and his Sundays at Apostolic church in jny: Akron, learning to play gospel music and call the spirit down. He also learned early on that commitment is crucial to what he does, commitment not only to the music he plays but also to the ...