Terry Waldo: Jazz Musician in New York

About Terry Waldo

Terry Waldo is an American pianist, composer, and researcher of early jazz, blues, stride, and ragtime. His reputation grew from work in the 1970s that included an NPR radio series and the book *This Is Ragtime*, which helped renew attention to the form. In New York City he appears in settings like Bryant Park and Arthur’s Tavern, sometimes leading Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band. Onstage he mixes period repertoire with spoken context and dry, Midwestern-leaning humor, favoring clarity over spectacle.