Lenny Gomulka

Lenny Gomulka began playing drums at the age of four. During his early childhood, he eagerly looked forward to playing along with the Sunday radio programs at home. Following his mother's wishes, he began taking trumpet lessons in parochial school at the age of 11. The youngest of four children, he grew up in a predominantly Polish neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest side, near the stockyard district. One of Gomulka's first public appearances occurred at the age of twelve when his band, the Happy Go Luckies, took first place award on Chicago's WGN-TV amateur show. He recorded ...