“Atlantic City was the perfect place for me to grow up,” Harvey Mason said.
The multi-Grammy nominated recording artist, session drummer, producer and composer was honored on the Boardwalk last week with Harvey Mason Way.
The marker is at Kentucky Avenue, just blocks from the place Mason got his start at KY and the Curb, well-known for spots like Club Harlem.
His career took him away and led him to work with some big names, including Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Michael Jackson.
The Class of 1965 Atlantic City High School graduate talked about how “there were so many clubs, so many people, so much to do.”
He recalled playing sports on the beach, and even playing his drums.
“It all came from Atlantic City,” he said.