Bertha Hope\u00a0 –\u00a0 Morris High School\u00a0 –\u00a0 October 26, 2014<\/p>\n
Here’s someone who was totally not on my radar screen at all; Hope was married to a minor NYC player, Elmo Hope, also a pianist.\u00a0 For a while they shared an apartment with Thelonius Monk!\u00a0 I wonder how they decided who got to use the piano at home.\u00a0 Well, Bertha is still keepin’ on, leading\/mentoring a small combo of mostly younger players.\u00a0 And she’s a Bronx treasure which is a plus for me.\u00a0 I’ve gotta comment on the venue, where I’d never been before.\u00a0 Morris High School is the first high school built in the Bronx, and its auditorium is a designated NYC landmark.\u00a0 I’m unfamiliar with the ‘hood so it took some (time-consuming) navigating to get in and out.\u00a0 The school has gone the way of many, being subdivided into three separate entities, but I don’t care, I’m calling it by it’s original name.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Bertha Hope<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Kim Clark<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Angeleisha Rogers<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Jure Pukl<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bertha Hope\u00a0 –\u00a0 Morris High School\u00a0 –\u00a0 October 26, 2014 Here’s someone who was totally not on my radar screen at all; Hope was married to a minor NYC player, Elmo Hope, also a pianist.\u00a0 For a while they shared … Continue reading