Terry Waldos Gotham City Band
About This Event
Pianist and scholar Terry Waldo leads the Gotham City Band at Arthur’s Tavern, bringing his decades of work on early jazz, blues, stride and ragtime into a small-club setting. The group moves between arranged passages and open improvisation, favoring ensemble listening over solo display and letting the room’s history and acoustics shape the performance.
About the Artists
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.
Terry Waldo's Gotham City Band
Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band is a New York City jazz group heard in the close quarters of Arthur’s Tavern, where the room’s history and acoustics shape the set as much as the charts do. Led by pianist Terry Waldo, the band works in jazz with a free-leaning edge, moving between arranged passages and open improvisation.