Terry Waldos Gotham City Band
About This Event
Terry Waldo leads his Gotham City Band at Arthur’s Tavern, presenting early-jazz repertoire — blues, stride and ragtime — shaped by his long-running research and advocacy for the form. Sets favor rhythmic drive and historical detail over polish, often prefaced by brief spoken context, while the group’s open-ended, free-leaning interplay reframes period material for a small-club audience.
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.
Gotham City Band
Gotham City Band is a New York City–based group heard at Arthur’s Tavern, working in early jazz and open-ended, free-leaning interplay. The band is closely associated with pianist, composer, and ragtime researcher Terry Waldo, whose long-running advocacy for the form has shaped its repertoire.