Weeksville Lost Jazz Shrines

Annotated Bibliography and Discography

Primary Sources

Interviews

Note: Most of the artists listed below were interviewed over a period of two years (April, 2010 –October, 2011 through Weeksville’s Lost Jazz Shrine Project). Artists interviewed include: Brooklyn natives; longtime Brooklyn residents; or artists who performed frequently at some of Brooklyn's Lost Jazz Shrines and in some cases, continue to perform in Brooklyn.

Abdullah, Ahmed. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 6 April 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 46 mins 36 sec.

Barnes, Wade E. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 7 December 2010. Audio. No Transcription. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 51 min. 26 sec.

Barron, Kenny. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins. 9 October 2010. Audio. No Transcription. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project.

Braithwaite, “Fab 5” Freddie. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins and Jennifer Scott. 7 Oct 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 1 hr. 25 mins. 32 secs.

Carroll, Alma. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 24 August 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 1 hr. 10 mins. 34 secs.

Cheatham, Jo Ann. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 6 April 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 59 mins. 19 secs.

Cumberpatch, Tulivu-Donna. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 14 July 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 43 mins. 56 secs.

Gaskin, Leonard. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Maxine Gordon. 20 March 2007. Video. No Transcription. Property of Brooklyn Historical Society. Length: 1 hr. 32 mins.

Group Follow-Up Meeting, Part I. Participants: Randy Weston, Ed Stoute, Sam Pinn, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Morton. Facilitated by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott. 7 July 2011. Audio. DVD. Transcription. Transcription date: October 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project.

Group Follow-Up Meeting, Part II. Participants: Donna Cumberlatch, Jo Ann Cheatham, Harold Valle. Facilitated by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott. 8 July 2011. Audio. DVD.Transcription. Transcription date: October 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: XX mins. XX secs.

Habersham-Bey, Richard “Dickie”. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins. 16 June 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2010. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 1 hr. 11 mins. 18 secs.

Howard, Michael. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins. 13 July 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 51 mins 44 secs.

Korah, Alex. In-person Conversation. 12 January 2009.

No video or audio record of meeting. During the meeting, Korah gave paraphenalia to the Weeksville Heritage Center including photos, personal writings and biography. Recommended by Randy Weston.

Long, Joe. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 12 April 2011. Audio. No Transcription. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 1 hr. 12 mins. 33 secs.

Mabern, Harold and Larry Ridley. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 5 April 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 40 mins. 46 secs.

Morton, Jimmy. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins and Jennifer Scott. 5 April 2010. Audio. Transcription. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 55 mins. 54 secs.

Myers, Bob. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 6 April 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 58 mins. 40 secs.

Pearse, Joysetta. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Annette Tomlin. 4 December 2006. Audio. Transcription. Transcription Date: January 2007. StoryCorps-Weeksville Heritage Center 2006. Length: 46 mins 43 secs.

Pearse danced alongside her brothers in various venues in central Brooklyn including the Tip Top; Berry Brothers; Turners; Putnam Central; The Club Verona; The Blue Coronet; and The Baby Grand. For three generations, her family performed in clubs in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Her grandmother was a blues singer, who made an early blues record with Black Swan Records, in 1921.

Pinn, Sam. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins. 16 June 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 48 mins. 54 secs.

Plummer, Viola. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 24 August 2010. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 31 mins. 56 secs.

Rubin, Vanessa. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 28 January 2011. Audio. No Transcription. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 47 mins. 30 secs.

Smith, Dorothy. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Mary Ann Brown and Richard Kelso. 10 November 1972. Audio Cassette. Transcription. Transcription Date: March 2006. Medgar Evers- Weeksville Society 1970s Oral History. Length:

Smith’s father worked as a musician at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan when she was a teenager, probably in the 1910s. Weeksville Heritage Center has a Transcription but because of the poor cassette quality, there is no digitized audio version.

Spaulding, James. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 23 August 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 32 mins. 09 secs.

Stoute, Edwin. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins. 16 June 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 54 mins. 23 secs.

St. Joan, Keisha. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 28 January 2010. Audio. No Transcription. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 34 mins. 21 secs.

Valle, Harold. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 23 August 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 58 mins. 19 secs.

Wali, Kwesi Mensah. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 23 August 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 35 mins. 50 secs.

Wareham, Roger. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 24 August 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 35 mins. 08 secs.

Weston, Randy, Cheryl Weston (daughter) Jitsu Weisu, Maxine Gordon, Willard Jenkins, and Jennifer Scott. Oral History Interview. Video. 3 July 2008. Video. Transcription. Transcription Date: September 2008. Length: 31 mins. 49 secs. Weston and family, as well as Weisu, Jenkins and Gordon met at Weeksville Heritage Center as a preliminary meeting for Weeksville’s Jazz Shrines Project.

Weston, Randy. “An Evening with Randy Weston.” Interviewed by Dr. Lewis Porter. Oral History Interview. Video. Property of Jazz At Lincoln Center. 28 February 2008. Length: 60 mins.

Weston, Randy, Jitsu Weusi. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Maxine Gordon. 22 October 2008. Video. Audio. Transcription. Transcription Date: November 2008. Length: 52 mins. 44 sec.

An interview conducted while visiting various sites in central Brooklyn important to Weston and his music. Sites visited: Weston’s childhood home at Albany and Bergen Streets; the Kingston Lounge; Weston’s father’s barber shop; Trio’s Restaurant, Weston’s father’s restaurant; Tony’s; Putnam Central; The East; The Elks; Slave No. 1 Theater; the Blue Coronet.

Weusi, Jitu. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 6 April 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 1 hr. 37 mins. 37 secs.

Workman, Reginald. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge. 8 October 2010. Audio. Transcription. Transcription date: April 2011. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 1 hr. 1 min. 47 secs.

Zawadi, Kiane. Oral History Interview. Interviewed by Willard Jenkins. 13 July 2010. Audio. No Transcript. Weeksville Heritage Center Lost Jazz Shrines Project. Length: 52 mins.

Photographs

Photographs taken by Weeksville Heritage Center staff during Randy Weston’s videotaped interview, when we visited sites of former jazz clubs in Central Brooklyn on October 22, 2008. Photo stills of the following sites: Weston’s childhood home at Albany and Bergen Streets, Kingston Lounge, Weston’s father’s barber shop, Trio’s Restaurant, Weston’s father’s restaurant, Tony’s, Putnam Central, The East, The Elks, Slave No. 1 Theater, Blue Coronet.

Documents

Alex Korah Documents

Alex Korah. In-person Conversation. 12 January 2009. No video or audio record of meeting. During the meeting, Korah gave paraphenalia to the Weeksville Heritage Center including photos, personal writings and biography. Recommended by Randy Weston. Documents donated include: personal poems and correspondence concerning African-American history and African American heritage, photocopy of articles detailing African American religious traditions, including the Black Hebrews, a short biography of Korah prepared by his church, Second Canaan Baptist Church, undated

promotional photograph of Korah with his accordion, and listing of the instruments he plays (saxophone, clarinet and accordion), and an undated photograph of Alex Korah playing the saxophone.

Newspaper Articles - New York Amsterdam News

Articles and advertisements detailing jazz venues in the following newspapers: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn New York, 1930-1953; New York Times, New York, New York, 1939; New York Amsterdam News, New York, New York, 1934-1955. (Total number of articles: 93) collected by Willard Jenkins, Jennifer Scott and Kaitlyn Greenidge in 2010 and 2011 for Weeksville’s Lost Jazz Shrine Project.

“Ad for Hylo School of Popular Music in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 26 March 1930, 11 Ad for Hylo School of Popular Music, which taught jazz

“Ads for Sumner Ballroom.” New York Amsterdam News 18 Sep 1943, Brooklyn Edition: 17. Clubs Mentioned: Sumner Ballroom.

“Ad for the Muse”, New York Amsterdam News, 28 Apr 1984, 30. Clubs Mentioned: The Muse

“Ad for Pumpkin’s”, New York Amsterdam News, 28 Jun 1980, 42. Clubs Mentioned: Pumpkins

A-Salaam, Yusef. “Street Festival Attracts Million”, New York Amsterdam News, 8 Jul 1989, 9. Organizations Mentioned: The East

“As Brooklyn’s Elmo Lounge Opened”, New York Amsterdam News, 20 Dec 1947, 19. Clubs mentioned: Elmo Lounge, Turbo Village.

Baldwin, Duke. “The World of Dining”, New York Amsterdam News, 6 Feb 1982, 40. Clubs Mentioned: New Muse

Ball, Frances. “Browsing in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 20 Nov 1934, 12. Clubs Mentioned: Sonia Ballroom

______. “Browsing in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 30 Mar 1935, 12. Clubs Mentioned: Sonia Ballroom

“Birdel Records”, Advertisement, New York Amsterdam News, 23 Jun 1984. Stores Mentioned: Birdel Records People Associated: Joe Long

“Blue Coronet Jazz Festival”, New York Amsterdam News, 25 Apr 1981, Brooklyn Edition, 40. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artists Mentioned: Sonnie Stitt, Lonnie Youngblood, Jimmy McGriff, Irene Reed.

“Blue Coronet Plans Reopening”, New York Amsterdam News, 9 Jul 1975, Brooklyn Edition, D 16 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

“Borough Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 22 Sep 1945, Brooklyn Edition, 17. Clubs Mentioned: Putnam Central, Verona Café

Browne, J. Zamgba. “Jazz Program for Paul Robeson memorial”, New York Amsterdam News, 2 May 1981, 28.

______. “YIA Chief Rips Nixon On Poverty Funds Curb New Chariman Makes Pledge to Aid Needy”, New York Amsterdam News, 5 May 1973, C1 Organizations Mentioned: Youth in Action People Mentioned: Richard Habersham-Bey (Chairman of Board of YIA)

“Cecil Bridgewater”, New York Amsterdam News, 3 July 1982, 55. Artists Mentioned: Cecil Bridgewater

“Cocktail Sip at The Blue Coronet”, Ad for Blue Coronet, New York Amsterdam News, 13 Oct 1973, Brooklyn Edition, C2 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

“Crack Bands to Play at Swing Session”, New York Amsterdam News, 17 Sep 1938, Brooklyn Edition, A1 Clubs Mentioned: Brooklyn Net Club, Howard Theater, Brooklyn Apollo Theater, Brooklyn Tompkins Theater

“Daddy Grace’s Jazz Band is Hot Bishop Baptizes 40 while Jazz Band Swings”, New York Amsterdam News, 26 Aug 1939, 20. Describes Jazz baptismal at Plum Beach in Brooklyn

“Earl Bostic on Gotham Level for Two Years”, New York Amsterdam News, 29 Jun 1946, Brooklyn Edition, page 21. Artists Mentioned: Earl Bostic Songs Mentioned: Brooklyn Boogie

“Empire State Celebration”, New York Amsterdam News, 1 Mar 1980, 31. Artists Mentioned: Kenny Barron

“Ghetto Musician”, New York Amsterdam News, 8 May 1976, D3. Organizations Mentioned: The East Artists Mentoined: Eddie Gale (Ghetto Musician)

“Great Jazz…” Ad for Betty Carter and Freddie Hubbard shows at Blue Coronet. New York Amsterdam News, 5 Jul 1969, Brooklyn Edition, 18. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artists mentioned: Betty Carter, Freddie Hubbard.

Collection. Original in Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

“Horace Silver at Blue Coronet”, New York Amsterdam News, 14 Jun 1969, Brooklyn Edition, 8 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

“In the Showlife Mailbag”, New York Amsterdam News, 23 Sep 1939, 16

“It’s a rough campaign year Brooklyn GOP effort uniting many groups”. New York Amsterdam News, 14 Oct 1972, Brooklyn Edition: A3 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

“Jazz Festival in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News. 4 Jul 1981,9. Artists mentioned: Ceil Peyton Quartet, Eubie Blake, Ray Abrams, Bill Hardman

“Jazz Mondays at Empire”, New York Amsterdam News, 16 May 1981, 39. Clubs mentioned: Empire Roller Rink

“Jazz Rebirth at Blue Coronet”, New York Amsterdam News, 17 May 1980, 50. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet People Mentioned: Dickie Habersham-Bey, Reggie Workman, Sonny Stitt

“Jazz Stars to be Heard at Boro Swing Festival”, New York Amsterdam News. 9 Nov 1946. Artists Mentioned: Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Roy Eldridge, Kenny Kersey. Theaters mentioned: Brooklyn Regent Theater (Fulton Street and Bedford)

“Jazz Upbeat in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 12 Apr 1980, 30. Artists Mentioned: Randy Weston, Sonny Fortune Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

“James Spaulding”, profile, Jazz Journal (?) 1969 (?) Copy at Weeksville. Original in Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. No citation on photocopy.

“Just Call It the Borough of Jazz”, New York Daily News, 2 September 1999. Copy in Weeksville Collection. Original in Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

“Kwanzaa Festival of Events”, Ad for The East, New York Amsterdam News, 28 Dec 1974, B7. Organizations Mentioned: The East Artists Mentioned: Randy Weston, Donna Cumberpath-Weusi (Donna Tulviu-Cumberpatch?), Ahmad Muhammad, Sun Ra

“Max Roach Comes to Brooklyn”, Ad for Blue Coronet, New York Amsterdam News, 11 Nov 1967, Brooklyn Edition, 28 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artists Mentioned: Max Roach

“Medgar Evers’ Jazz Workshop”, New York Amsterdam News, 8 Mar 1980, 30.

Brooklyn Edition, 21. Clubs mentioned: Rainbow Inn, Bedford Lounge

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 3 Nov 1945, Brooklyn Edition: 21. Clubs Mentioned: Club Cobra, Verona Café, Arlington Inn, Casa Blanca

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings”, New York Amsterdam News, 17 Nov 1945, Brooklyn Edition, 18. Clubs Mentioned: Bedford Lounge, Putnam Central, Cobra Club

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings”, New York Amsterdam News, 24 Nov 1945, Brooklyn Edition, 18 Clubs Mentioned: KO Tavern, Decatur Bar and Grill, Fulton Summer Grill

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 5 Jan 1946, Brooklyn Edition, 15. Clubs Mentioned: Club Cobra, Café Verona

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News, 9 Feb 1946 Brooklyn Edition: 22. Clubs Mentioned: Verona Café, Arlington Inn, Jefferson Bar and Grill

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News, 8 Jun 1946 Brooklyn Edition, 17. Clubs Mentioned: Verona Café

McFowler, Ian. “Brooklyn Tavern Jottings”, New York Amsterdam News, 29 Jun 1946, 2. Clubs Mentioned: Verona Café, Arlington Inn

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 27 Jul 1946, Brooklyn Edition, 15. Clubs Mentioned: Café Verona

McFoweler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 17 Aug 1946, Brooklyn Edition, 15. Clubs Mentioned: Jefferson Bar

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 31 Aug 1946, Brooklyn Edition: 23. Clubs Mentioned: Putnam Central (Benefit concert for lynching victims)

McFowler, Ike. “Ike McFowler’s Brooklyn Tavern Jottings.” New York Amsterdam News 21 Sep 1946, Brooklyn Edition, 17. Clubs Mentioned: Putnam Central

Artists Mentioned: Miles Davis

“Miles Davis Quintet Last Four Days”, Ad for Blue Coronet, New York Amsterdam News, 11 Oct 1969, Brooklyn Edition, 18 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artist Mentioned: Miles Davis

“Ms. Fulton Street”, New York Amsterdam News, 29 Jun 1974, Brooklyn Edition, B11 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Groups Mentioned: Youth in Action

“New tid-bits, Jazz Revival”, New York Amsterdam News, 17 Apr 1982, 21. Artists mentioned: Billy Hart, Sonny Fortune, Reggie Workman.

“A Painter Looks Back”, New York Amsterdam News, 15 Nov 1980, A12 Artist Mentioned: Vincent D. Smith, Randy Weston

Payne, Brenda L. “Brighter Moments for Jazz enthusiasts at Saturn”, New York Amsteradam News, 1 May 1982, 28. Clubs Mentioned: Saturn Club Artists Mentioned: James Spaulding, Brighter Moments Orchestra

“Putnam Central Club”, Ad for Putnam Central, New York Amsterdam News, 1 Dec 1945, 18 Clubs Mentioned: Putnam Central Artists Mentioned: Rector Bailey

“Ralph Sloane Obituary”, New York Amsterdam News, 19 Sep 1934, 19 Clubs Mentioned: Sonia Ballroom (Ralph Sloane was the manager)

“Randy Weston African Rhythm Festival”, Ad for The Billie Holiday Theatre, New York Amsterdam News, 16 Mar 1974, D-9. Artists Mentioned: Randy Weston, Ray Copeland, Budd Johnson, William Allen, Ruth Brisbaine

“Randy Weston in Brooklyn,” New York Amsterdam News, 12 Oct 1963, 16. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artists Mentioned: Randy Weston, Ray Copeland

“Randy Weston at the New Muse”, “Randy Weston at the New Muse”, New York Amsterdam News, 12 Apr 1980,30. Organization Mentioned: New Muse

“Richard A. Simons presents Turbo Village”, Ad for Turbo Village, New York Amsterdam News, 20 Sep 1947, 17. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village

“Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes”, Ad for Blue Coronet, New York Amsterdam News, 7 Jun 1969, 38 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

Saunders, Jon. “Political Awareness and Black music”, New York Amsterdam News, 18 Oct 1980, 39. Artists Mentioned: Reggie Workman

Saunders, Willie. “Willie Saunders Nite Life in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 28 Feb 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 19 Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 2 Oct 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village, Brooklyn Fraternal Grill

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 9 Oct 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 20. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Oasis Bar, Arlintgon Inn People mentioned: Lena Horne

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 16 Oct 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 21. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Turbo Village

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 23 Oct 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 22. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Frank’s Caravan Subjects mentioned: Crime in clubs and in Bed-Stuy Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunders Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 6 Nov 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 22 Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village, Verona Café, Kingston Lounge, Corona Club

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 13 Nov 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 23. Clubs Mentioned: Club Oasis, Kingston Lounge, Verona Café

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 20 Nov 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 8. Clubs Mentioned: Putnam Central, Arlington Inn

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 27 Nov 1948, Brooklyn Edition, 25 Clubs Mentioned: Bushwick Café, Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife,” New York Amsterdam News, 1 Jan 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 14 Clubs Mentioned: Arlington Inn, Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 8 Jan 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 18. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Elmo Lounge, Arlington Inn, Murray’s Brown, the Brown © 2015 Weeksville Heritage Center

Derby Restaurant, Frank’s Caravan, Ward’s Bar, Esquire Bar, Bar 688, Marion Bar, Flying Horse Bar, Turbo Village

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 5 Feb 1949, Brooklyn Edition, B5. Clubs Mentioned: Nostrand Lounge Other Subjects: Women and the Depression

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 5 March 1949, Brooklyn Edition, B3-19. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, NAACP

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 12 March 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Pyramid Parties

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 19 Mar 1949, Brooklyn Edition, B3-19. Subjects mentioned: Northern and Southern black relations Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 26 Mar 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village Also Mentioned: Controversy over racial identification

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 9 Apr 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village, Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 16 Apr 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village, Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 23 Apr 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Turbo Village, and mentions Easter Sunday Fashion.

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 4 Jun 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19 Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife,” New York Amsterdam News, 11 Jun 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19 Baseball and Clubs

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 18 Jun 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Clubs losing money in the recession

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 23 Jun 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 11. Clubs Mentioned: Elmo Lounge, plus description of Rent Parties

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 9 July 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 11. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 16 Jul 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 11. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunders Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 30 Jul 1949, Brooklyn Edition, B3 11 Discussion of relationships between Northern and Southern African Americans Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 27 Aug 1949, Brooklyn Edition, B3-11. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 3 Sep 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 11. Clubs Mentioned: Frank’s Caravan

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 17 Sep 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 10. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge Performers Mentioned: Ella Fitzgerald

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 24 Sep 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 11. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Rainbow Inn, Elmo Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 8 Oct 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 21. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge (Watching World series at Kingston Lounge)

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 10 Oct 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 11. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 2 Apr 1949, Brooklyn Edition, B3-23. Subjects mentioned: Mother club goers, women in clubs

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 14 May 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 19. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge Other Mentions: Mother’s Day, South Carolina Women © 2015 Weeksville Heritage Center

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 5 Nov 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 13. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Franks Caravan

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 26 Nov 1949, Brooklyn Edition, 13. Clubs Mentioned: Elmo Lounge, Rainbow Inn.

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife.” New York Amsterdam News, 18 Feb 1950, Brooklyn Edition, B5 Clubs Mentioned: Arlington Inn, Turbo Village

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 28 Apr 1951, Brooklyn Edition, B4-14. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village, Arlington Inn, Club Baby Grand

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife”, New York Amsterdam News, 12 May 1951, Brooklyn Edition, 14. Clubs Mentioned: Kingston Lounge, Arlington Inn, Elmo Lounge

Saunder, Willie. “Willie Saunder’s Jamboree Jive on Brooklyn Nitelife.” New York Amsterdam News, 19 May 1951, Brooklyn Edition, B3_13 Clubs Mentioned: Baby Grand, Kingston Lounge

“School will be Renamed for Blake”, New York Amsterdam News, 18 Jun 1983, 6 Artists Mentioned: Eubie Blake

Sheppard, Daphne A. “King’s Diary”. New York Amsterdam News. 13 Sep 1969, 24. Clubs mentioned: Blue Coronet, Dickie Habersham.

Sheppard, Daphne A. “King’s Diary”. New York Amsterdam News. 25 Oct 1969, 28. Clubs mentioned: Miles Davis Shooting at Blue Coronet, Dickie Habersham.

“So-Focus Presents pre-Solidarity Day Show”, New York Amsterdam News, 30 Oct 1982, 36.

“Sonny Hatchett at the Blue Coronet”, New York Amsterdam News, 13 Jul 1968, 17. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artists Mentioned: Sonny Hatchett

“Sonny Stitt and Blue Mitchell”, Ad for the Blue Coronet, New York Amsterdam News, 9 Dec 1967, 18. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Artists Mentioned: Sonny Stitt and Blue Mitchell

“South Africa Bans Lena Horne Disc”, New York Amsterdam News, 3 Oct 1964, 16. Artists Mentioned: Lena Horne, Randy Weston, Max Roach

“Stars to Appear in Boro Concert”, New York Amsterdam News, 24 April 1943, 17. Artists Mentioned: W.C. Handy Venues Mentioned: Alexander Hamilton High School, (Bergen St and Albany Ave.)

Todd, George. “Jazz Springs Forth in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News 5 Apr 1980, 27. Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet Organizations Mentioned: New Muse Artists Mentioned: Randy Weston

“Turbo Village and Kingston Lounge”, Ad for Turbo Village and Kingston Lounge, New York Amsterdam News, 25 Oct 1947, 17. Clubs Mentioned: Turbo Village, Kingston Lounge

Walker, Jess H. “Theatricals”, New York Amsterdam News 21 Jun 1969, 39 Clubs Mentioned: Blue Coronet

Walker, Jesse H.”Theatericals”, New York Amsterdam News, 21 Aug 1971, B8. Clubs Mentioned: Rainbow Grill Artists Mentioned: Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner

Watkins, Tommy. “Escapading in Brooklyn.”New York Amsterdam News 2 Jul 1938, Brooklyn Edition: A3. Clubs mentioned: Bedford Ballroom

Watkins, Tommy. “Tommy Watkins Escapading in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 9 Jul 1938, Brooklyn Edition, 2A General neighborhood concerns

Watkins, Tommy. “Tommy Watkins Escapading in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 6 Aug 1938, Brooklyn Edition, A1

Watkins, Tommy. “Tommy Watkins Escapading in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 23 Jul 1938, Brooklyn Edition, A2 Comparison of Brooklyn and Manhattan night life

Watkins, Tommy. “Tommy Watkins Escapading in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 30 Sep 1939, Brooklyn Edition, 12 Artists Mentioned: Rector Bailey

Watkins, Tommy. “Tommy Watkins Escapading in Brooklyn”, New York Amsterdam News, 8 Jul 1950, Brooklyn Edition, 11.

Architectural Reports

Historic Resource Inventory Form: Kingston Lounge. NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Prepared by Mellisa Umberger and Paris Smith.

Flyers, Posters and Ephemerae

Former and Current Lost Jazz Shrines Flyers

First Wives Clubs and Lee Morgan Flyers

General Brooklyn Jazz Flyers

Clippings from New York Amsterdam News and East Flyer (courtesy of Harold Valle)

CBJC 5th Anniversary Flyer, 2004. Copy in Weeksville Collection. Original at Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

Max Roach Quartet Flyer, Club Coronet, 1963. Copy in Weeksville Collection. Original at Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

Secondary Sources

Abdurahman, Bilal. In The Key of Me The Bedford Stuyvesant Renaissance 1940s-60s

A Musical Legacy Revisited. Brooklyn, NY: Contemporary Visions, 1993.

Abdurahman, Bilal and Rahkiah Abdurahman. Africa Revisited: 1971-1990. Brooklyn, NY: Contemporary Visions, Undated.

“Brooklyn Rediscovers Cal Massey”, American Music Review, The H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music, Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, Spring 2010

“Brooklyn’s Jazz Vocalist Cumberpatch is Best-Kept Secret”, The New York Amsterdam News, 15-21 April 1999. Copy at Weeksville. Original at Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

“Day Trippers”. The Brooklyn Paper. 2 June 2003. A description of Brooklyn Day festivities, including quotes from Bob Myers, of the Up Over Jazz Café. Myers names former Brooklyn Jazz Venues.

“The East…Remembering a Wellspring”. Our Town Press. 1 November 2003. Article detailing a reunion of women involved with The East, both as a jazz club and a cultural center.

Ford, Jack. "Remembering Jazz at the Brooklyn Paramount". All About Jazz. Accessed on: 5/30/2008, .

Goldberg, Marv. “The Travelers.” Marv Goldberg’s R & B Notebooks. Accessed on: 1/2/2003.

Gordon, Mazine. “A Bronx Jazz Story: The Capers Family”. Bronx African AmericanHistory Project. Paper presented to the Organization of American Historians, 28 March 2008.

“Jitu Weusi: Warrior King” Our Town Press. 16 November 2006.

An in-depth interview with Weusi, detailing his early life and the founding of the African American Teachers Association.

Jenkins, Willard and Randy Weston. African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston (A John Hope Franklin Center Book). Duke University Press: 2010.

______. “Jazz and Self Determination in Brooklyn, Part 1”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 15 September 2010. Web. 13 May 2011. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2010/09/jazz-self-determination- in-brooklyn/

______. “Jazz and Self Determination in Brooklyn, Part 2”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 30 September 2010. Web. 13 May 2011. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2010/09/jazz-self-determination-in- brooklyn-pt-2/

______. “African Rhythms, Roots, Culture: Randy Weston in Conversation with Willard Jenkins”. Afro Beat Journal. Afrobeatjournal.org. Spring 2011. Video Interview. Web. http://www.afrobeatjournal.org/en/Issue_2_Spring_2011/3/146/African-Rhythms-Roots-Culture---Randy- Weston-in-conversation-with-Willard-Jenkins-Multimedia-USA-AfrobeatRadio.htm

______. “Sista’s Place, Part 1”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 7 March 2011. Web. 13 May 2011. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2011/03/sistas-place-part-1/

______. “Sista’s Place, Part 2”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 17 March 2011. Web. 13 May 2011. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2011/03/sistas-place part-2/

______. “A Jazz Upbringing in Brooklyn”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 4 May 2011. Web. 13 May 2011. http://www.openskyjazz.com/2011/05/jazz-influence-the-roots-of-hip-hop/

______. “A Jazz Upbringing in Brooklyn Part 2”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 18 May 2011. Web. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2011/05/pt-fab-5-freddy-jazz-upbringing-the-roots-of- hip-hop/

______. “Who Shot Miles?” Open Sky Jazz Blog. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 28 June 2011. Web. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2011/06/who-shot-miles/

______. “The Black Jazz Audience—A Different Experience for the Performer?” Open Sky Jazz Blog. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 5 July 2011. Web. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2011/07/the-black-jazz- audience-a-different-experience-for-the-artist/

______. “Remembering Brooklyn Jazz’ Hey-Day”. Open Sky Jazz Blog. Jazz Corner.com. 24 August 2011. Web. http://www.openskyjazz.com/#/2011/08/remembering-brooklyns-jazz-heyday/

Kelley, Robin D.G. “Brooklyn’s Jazz Renaissance”. Institute for Studies in American Music Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College of the City of New York Newsletter. Vol. XXXIII. No. 2. Spring 2004.

______. “The Sounds of New York”. African American Classical Music Pure Jazz. Winter 2007.

Konadu, Kwasi. A View from The East Black Cultural Nationalism and Education in New York City. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2009. Second Edition.

Smith, Paris. “Neighborhood Jazz Venues: Central Brooklyn’s Kingston Lounge.” Research Paper. Pratt University, 2009.

A paper written for Weeksville by a graduate student in Pratt University’s Preservation Program. The paper includes sources for articles on the Kingston Lounge, as well as a preliminary building history for the Kingston Lounge site.

Traditions. Vol. 7. No. 2. Uniondale, NY: Pan African Performing Arts Preservation Association, December 2008.

Williams, Leander K. “Brooklyn, NY”, Lost Jazz Shrines. An Arts Center, Aaron Davis Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, The Madame Walker Theatre Center, Folly Theater, The Philadelphia Clef Club, America’s Jazz Heritage-The Smithsonian Institution, Tri-C JazzFest and The Carver Community. 1998.

Research Guides & Dissertations

Leonard Gaskin Biography and Discography, Unknown Author, Unknown Date. Copy in Weeksville Collection. Original at Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

Gardner, Vincent. 'We Were Surrounded By Giants: The History Of Jazz In Brooklyn 1910-1980.’ M.A. Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies Print.

Weeksville Jazz Discography

Albums – Weeksville Collection (total number: 44)

Note: The central value of these recordings is their Brooklyn connection: the artists are Brooklyn natives or longtime Brooklyn residents; the recordings are made in Brooklyn; or the recordings reflect artists who performed frequently at some of Brooklyn's Lost Jazz Shrines and may continue to perform in Brooklyn. These recordings do not represent a selection of historic recordings for the archives, but a selection of recordings, which meet one or more of those criteria above.

Abdul-Malik, Ahmed. East Meets West, Musique of Ahmed Abdul-Malik. New York: RCA Victor, 1960. LP.

Ahmed Abdul-Malik was a bassist of Sudanese descent who also specialized in the Middle Eastern stringed instrument known as the oud. Abdul-Malik lived in Brooklyn for a time and was a high school friend of Randy Weston. In his autobiography African Rhythms Weston talks about how Abdul-Malik introduced him to Middle Eastern music by taking him to the Arab section of Brooklyn. This recording exemplifies an excellent synthesis of western jazz forms with middle eastern/African/Islamic instrumentation and textures.

Abdullah, Ahmed. Liquid Music by Ahmed Abdullah Quartet. New York: Silkheat Records/Storyville, 1987. LP.

Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah is a longtime Brooklyn resident who has taught in the Brooklyn public school system. He is also the music director of the Brooklyn jazz venue Sista’s Place.

Alexander, Roland. Pleasure Bent . Perf. Marcus Belgrave. New York, Prestige Records. LP.

Though not a native, saxophonist Roland Alexander lived in Brooklyn for several years and played at some of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines, which specialized in modern jazz.

Barron, Bill and Ted Curson. Now, Hear This! Perf. Bill Barron, Ted Curson and Orchestra. Spain: Jazz Workshop of Spain [JW-007], 1964. LP.

Tenor saxophonist Bill Barron migrated to Brooklyn from his native Philadelphia and lived there for many years. He was the founding artistic director of the Muse education and performance space in Brooklyn.

Barron, Kenny. What If?. Perf. Wallace Roney, John Stubblefield, Cecil McBee and Victor Lewis. Germany: Enja Records, 1986. LP.

NEA Jazz Master pianist-composer Kenny Barron moved to Brooklyn in the 1960s, around the same time as his brother Bill Barron, and continues to reside in Brooklyn.

Bridgewater Brothers. Generations Suite [XY-7802-ND]. New York: Nippon Columbia, 1979. LP.

Brothers Cecil (trumpet) and Ron (saxophone) Bridgewater both lived in Brooklyn and were frequent performers at the East cultural center. Cecil continues to perform at Sista’s Place in Brooklyn.

Carroll, Joe. Jumpin' at Jazzmania [41222] Perf. Joe Carroll with Ronnie Cuber, Turk Mauro, Greg Kogan, Harris Simon, Calvin Hill, Kenny Washington, and Harold White. New York: Jazzmania Records, 1978. LP.

Vocalist Joe “Bebop” Carroll, who performed with Dizzy Gillespie, lived in Brooklyn for many years and his wife Alma Carroll has been a Brooklyn jazz activist for decades.

______. Man With A Happy Sound [PLP-802-S]. Perf. Joe Carroll with Specs Williams, Grant Green, Connie Lester, and Lee Ausley. New York: Charlie Parker Records, 1962. LP and CD. CD Donated by Alma Carroll, 8/24/2010 during her oral history interview

Carter, Betty. Whatever Happened to Love? A Live Performance with Strings and Trio by Betty Carter. New York: BetCar Records, 1982. LP.

NEA Jazz Master vocalist Betty Carter was a longtime Brooklyn resident after migrating to the New York area. She started her Jazz Ahead program for young musicians at Brooklyn’s Majestic Theater.

Chittison, Herman. The Melody Lingers On [AP-39] Perf. Herman Chittison, James Shirley and Cedric Wallace. New York: Audiophile Records, 1984. LP.

Pianist Herman Chittison is one of the pianists who lived in Brooklyn for a time that Randy Weston talks of as “piano royalty” in his book African Rhythms.

Coleman, Steve. Sine Die [PAN-42150]. Perf. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, including Cassandra Wilson, Graham Haynes, Robin Eubanks, James Weidman, David Gilmore, Kevin Bruce Harris, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Geri Allen, Branford Marsalis, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Jimmy Cozier, and Lonnie Plaxico. New York: Pangaea, 1988. LP.

Saxophonist-composer Steve Coleman is one of many musicians who lived in Brooklyn after leaving the conservatory or their hometowns during the 1980s. In Brooklyn Coleman, along with fellow saxophonist Greg Osby and other musicians of their generation, formed the musician’s collective known as M-Base.

Curson, Ted. Flip Top. New York: Arista/Freedom Records, 1977. LP.

Trumpeter Ted Curson is one of a number of Philadelphia musicians who moved to Brooklyn when they relocated to the New York area during the 1950s and 60s, in his case on the recommendation of Miles Davis. Curson also performed at several of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines.

Saxophonist King Curtis was one of the masters of the “soul” tenor sax who, in addition to his many years of hit-record session work for labels like Atlantic Records, often performed in some of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines. It was at one such venue that he met his untimely demise.

Dorham, Kenny. The Arrival Of by Kenny Dorham. Jaro International/Rank Records of America, date unknown. LP.

Female Blues Singers: Remaining Titles, 1921-1928. Various Artists, Audio CD, Vienna, Austria: Document Records, 1997.

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop. Ju-Ju Street Songs [10057] Perf. Gary Bartz Ntu Troop, Andy Bey, Stafford James and Howard King. New York: Prestige Records, 1972. LP.

A native of Baltimore, MD and one-time Brooklyn resident, saxophonist-composer Gary Bartz Ntu Troop performed frequently at the Brooklyn Lost Jazz Shrine and cultural center known as the East.

Hayes, Louis. Light and Lively by the Louis Hayes Quintet. Denmark: SteepleChase ApS, 1989. LP.

Drummer Louis Hayes is one of a legion of Detroit and Philadelphia musicians who relocated to New York in the mid-late 1950s and wound up living in Brooklyn.

Henderson, Fletcher. Fletcher Henderson & The Blues Singers Complete Recorded Works

In Chronological Order Volume 1 1921-1923. European Union: Document Records, LTD,

1995. CD.

Includes recorded tracks by Etta Mooney, early Black blues singer mentioned in Joysetta Pearse’s Jazz Oral History.

Henry, Ernie. Seven Standards and a Blues by the Ernie Henry Quartet. Perf. Ernie Henry, Wynton Kelly, Wilbur Ware, and Philly Joe Jones. New York: Riverside Records, 1957. LP.

Saxophonist Ernie Henry is a Brooklyn native who was part of the second generation of bebop players.

______. Presenting . . . by Ernie Henry. New York: Riverside Records, 1956. LP.

Heywood, Eddie. Eddie Heywood. New York: Commodore, 1981. LP.

Pianist Eddie Heywood, who had a big hit with his version of “Canadian Sunset” lived in Brooklyn for a significant time and is one of the pianists Randy Weston details in his book African Rhythms who lived across the street from the young Weston.

Hubbard, Freddie. The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard: Summertime, Happy Times, Bob's Place, The 7th Day, Caravan. New York: Jasmine Records, 1963. LP.

______. The Night of the Cookers, Volume One, Live at Club La Marchal. New York: Blue Note, 1965. LP.

NEA Jazz Master trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was one of the principal players, along with fellow trumpeter Lee Morgan, on the legendary recording known as Night of the Cookers, recorded at Club La Marchal in Brooklyn. Hubbard also resided in Brooklyn for a significant period of time. The Night of the Cookers is a classic, organized jam session that pits two of the all-time greatest trumpeters - certainly of their generation - Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan in spirited and heated exchange.

Jones, Etta. Don't Go To Strangers. New York: Prestige, undated. LP.

Vocalist Etta Jones performed frequently at several of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines starting in the 1950s, and more recently was a big favorite of Jazz 966 audiences.

Jordan, Duke. Jordu, by Duke Jordan. Perf. Don Lanphere, Gene Ramey and others. New York: Prestige, 1971. (Reissued from recording made between 1949-1954). LP.

Pianist Duke Jordan was born in New York, a longtime resident of Brooklyn and a graduate of Brooklyn Automotive High School. He was a member of numerous bands, including the Charlie Parker Quartet, which also included Brooklynites Max Roach and Tommy Potter.

______. Midnight Moonlight. Denmark: SteepleChase Productions ApS, 1980. LP.

Kelly, Wilton. Undiluted, by The Wynton Kelly Trio. New York: Verve Records [V-8622], 1965. LP.

Kelly, Wynton. Kelly Great. New York: Vee Jay Records, 1981. LP.

Pianist Wynton Kelly, a native of Jamaica, moved to Brooklyn with his family at age 4 and spent the rest of his life in Brooklyn. He performed frequently at Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines, usually in the company of the other members of the Miles Davis mid-late 1950s rhythm section – bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Wynton Kelly was Randy Weston’s cousin, and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was named after Kelly.

Laurence, “Baby”. Dancemaster title by "Baby" Laurence. New York: Classic Jazz, 1976.

“Baby” Laurence was a singer and tap dancer that performed in several of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines.

McRae, Carmen. I am Music. Perf. Carmen McRae with Roger Kellaway, Dave Grusin, Frank Collett, John Gianelli, Spider Web, John Guerin, Dennis Budimir, Ern Neufeld, Gerri Vinci, Alan Harshman, Ed Lustgarten, Emil Richards, Jules Chaikin, Ian Underwood, and The Morgan Ames

Singers. New York: Blue Note Records, a division of United Artists Music and Records Group Inc., 1975. LP.

NEA Jazz Master vocalist Carmen McRae is part of the jazz singer’s pantheon; she resided in Brooklyn for a significant period.

Osby, Greb. Greg Osby and Sound Theater. Perf. Greg Osby, Michele Rosewoman, Kevin McNeal, Lonnie Plaxico, Paul Samuels, Terri Lynn Carrington, Fusako Yoshida, and Haruko Nara. JM Productions, 1987. LP.

Saxophonist Greg Osby was an original member of a collective of young jazz musicians who for the most part lived in Brooklyn during the mid-late 1980s under the rubric M-Base.

Payne, Cecil. Patterns and features Cecil Payne. Perf. Kenny Dorham, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, and Art Taylor. New York: Savoy Jazz, 1986. LP.

Baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne was a native of Brooklyn. Growing up he worked in his father’s tailor shop, which adjoined the luncheonette of Randy Weston’s father.

Pointer, Noel. Hold On. Perf. Noel Pointer with Dave Grusin, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Anthony

Jackson, Ralph MacDonald, Francisco Centeno, Patti Austin, Onaji Allen Gumbs, and Sammy Figueroa. New York: Universal Artists Music and Records Group Inc., 1977. LP.

Violinist and record producer Noel Pointer was a Brooklyn native.

Roach, Max. Chattahoochee Red. New York: Columbia, 1981. LP.

NEA Jazz Master drummer-percussionist-bandleader Max Roach was one of the pioneering drummers of the modern jazz era. Born in North Carolina, he grew up in Brooklyn, where he graduated from Boys High School. Because of his leadership and influence, Max Roach is one of the leading jazz figures in Brooklyn history. This recording contains one of Max Roach's recorded highlights, the "Dream" track where his drum solo interacts with potent excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s classic "I Have a Dream" speech.

______. Members, Don't Git Weary. New York: Atlantic Records, 1968.

______. Standard Time. New York: Polygram Records, 1984. LP.

Spaulding, James. Gotstabe a Better Way! New York: Muse Records, 1990. LP.

Saxophonist James Spaulding grew up in Indianapolis and lived in Brooklyn for many years after moving to the New York area. He has been a favorite of audiences at Sista’s Place and performed at several of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines, including as part of the band that made the legendary recording The Night of the Cookers at Club La Marshal . © 2015 Weeksville Heritage Center

Sterling Place All-Stars. (with Vincent Herring, Ronnie Matthews, Richie Goods, Carl Allen). Metropolitan Records.

Walton, Cedar. Plays Cedar Walton by Cedar Walton. New York: Prestige (Promo Copy), 1988. LP.

A native of Dallas, TX NEA Jazz Master pianist-composer Cedar Walton is a longtime resident of Brooklyn.

Watson, Leo. The Scat Man. Perf. Red Callender, Vic Dickerson, Artie Shaw, and Teddy Bunn. New York: Swingtime Records, post 1950. LP.

Vocalist Leo Watson, who had a comic touch to his performances, worked at several of Brooklyn’s Lost Jazz Shrines.

Weston, Randy. Little Niles. New York: United Artists Records Inc. [UAL 4011], 1959. LP.

______. Zulu. New York: Milestone, 1977. LP.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, graduate of Boys High School, NEA Jazz Master pianist-composer- bandleader Randy Weston, is one of the leading Brooklyn-identified musicians. In his senior years, and despite his global travels, he continues to live in the borough.

Brooklyn Lost Jazz Shrines

Venue Summaries

Kingston Lounge Kingston and Bergen Streets The club opened in 1944, but fell into disrepair by the 1980s. It held no more than 60 patrons at a time. Musicians associated with the Kingston Lounge include: Kenny Dorham; Max Roach; Sahib Shihab and Mathew Gee. In 1960, Dorgam, Gee, Cceil Payne and others recored a 1960 album under the name of The Swingers (Jazzland Records) with a track named after the Kingston Lounge.

Trios 346 Marcus Garvey Blvd. This is the site of the restaurant Randy’s father used to own. In our last sit down, he mentioned it being a small restaurant and local hangout for neighbors and musicians.

Blue Coronet 1224 Fulton Street, between Arlington & Bedford, (currently across from Slave #1 Theater) A “premiere” jazz club in the 1960s. Musicians associated with the Blue Coronet include Freddie Hubbard; Bill Lee; Wynton Jelly; Dexter Gordon; etta Jones; Dizzy Blakely; Bud Powell. In 1969, © 2015 Weeksville Heritage Center

24 after playing at the Blue Coronet, Miles Davis was shot at and subsequently arrested, as detailed in his biography. The Coronet was the number one be-bop spot, and earned the nickname of “Brooklyn’s Birdland”. The Blue Coronet lasted as a venue into the 1980s.

Sonia Ballroom Fulton Street and Bedford Avenue Considered a rival club to The Elks, the Sonja Ballroom was active from the 1930s-1950s. The club held about 200 people, and was usually filled to capacity. Artists associated with the Sonia Ballroom include Ray Abrams and Don Maynard.

The East 10 Claver Place, Bedford-Stuyvesant Led by Jitu Weusi, the “East Educational and Cultural Center for People of African Descent,” also known as “the East,” philosophically and self-consciously opposed Western culture and ideals and became a local and national leader in Black nationalist and Pan - African cultural and political movements. The three-story building became home to the East in 1969 and hosted, inspired and conceived a number of important programs and institution, including the annual International African Arts Festival and the school, Uhuru Sasa Shule. Top jazz artists performed there, including Max Roach, Betty Carter, and Pharaoh Sanders.

Elks Plaza 1068 Fulton Street The Elks Plaza was home to the Black Elks, a fraternal organization that formed in the 1940s, at a time when the Elks excluded black members from their larger organization. The Elks no longer meet there, but since the 1990s, there have been renovations and the property is now rented out by community members for various local social and musical events.

Putnam Central 65 Putnam Avenue, (corner of Putnam and Classon) Now a Mechanics Fraternal Order building, the Putnam Central was “the main place local people came to hear great music” (“Lost Jazz Shrines of Brooklyn”, 14). Musicians associated with the Putnam Central were: Franklin Spooner; Sonny Stitt and Charlie Parker; Ray Abrams; Max Roach and Miles Davis, when he first arrived in New York in early 1945.

Town Hall Supper Club Eastern Parkway & Bedford Avenue The first black owned social club of Fulton Street, it opened in either 1946 orr 1948. Considred an exclusive nightclub, it had a cnadelight room. Artists associated with the Town Hall club include Gloria Lynne; Red Fox; Nipsey Russel; Billie Holiday and Della Reese.