Edward Lee Morgan was a 33-year-old jazz trumpeter who died after being shot during a dispute at Slugs’ Saloon in Manhattan’s East Village in the early hours of a snowy February morning in 1972. The shooting occurred between sets while his band was performing; the wound was not immediately fatal but heavy snowfall delayed ambulance response and Morgan bled to death before help arrived.

His live-in girlfriend, Helen Moore, shot him and was arrested. She served a short prison term, was later paroled, and eventually moved back to North Carolina, where she died of a heart condition in March 1996. The relationship and its aftermath were the subject of a documentary called I Called Him Morgan.

Are there any memories of that night or of Morgan’s work at Slugs’ Saloon that could add detail to the timeline or what happened between sets?