Aplon, Roger

Born, Chicago, Illinois. No siblings. Raised on the southeast side near Lake Michigan & Jackson Park. Attended multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Hyde Park High School. Early memories include summers in the small lakeside town of Glenn, Michigan, swimming alone, growing apart from the family, Herbie Mann at the Stage Lounge, The Jazz Messengers at The Crown Propeller on Sixty-Third, Miles Davis at the Southerland Hotel, John Coltrane at McKee's on Cottage Grove, Billie Holiday at The Blue Note in 'the loop' . . . Attended The University of Illinois-Urbana & The University of Chicago. Began writing p...