Interesting Article on the Blue Coronet, Brooklyn

[sidewinder]

http://www.openskyjazz.com/2011/06/who-shot-miles/

Not sure if this has been posted on the site but I found it very interesting anyway.

By pure chance, some years ago I got to see the Blue Coronet owner, Mr Habersham-Bey, given an official presentation by the Ciry prior to a Bertha Hope gig held at a hotel in Brooklyn. It was fascinating to hear just how many great artists had played at that place and to get to see the owner of the place.

Interesting to read the full details of that Miles Davis shooting incident.

From recollection, Bertha's group that day had Walter Booker on bass and Leroy Williams on drums along with Roni Ben-Hur on guitar.

Edited March 23, 2013 by sidewinder

[fasstrack]

Thanks for posting this. I couldn't scroll to the end to read the owner's take on Miles getting shot, but he covered it in his autobiog. The interviewer mentions another interesting Bed-Stuy spot, The East, at 10 Claver Place. It was an African-American cultural center during the height of Black Nationalism. I remember they had a running ad on WRVR FM. Once I had a livery cab ride and the driver said he was active there. He invited me down but when I went a young man opened the door a crack, said the guy wasn't there, and got rid of me in a hurry. Oh well.. Then there was the Muse, which had classes for young jazz players. There were musicians coming up in the '70s who were Brooklyn legends, like Arthur Rhames. And there was Pumpkin's, on Nostrand Avenue, which had local jazz talent. Bill Lee still lives in Fort Greene, Randy Weston in Bed-Stuy. I only went as far back as my day, but Brooklyn has been a jazz hothouse from way back.