Terry Waldos Gotham City Band
About This Event
At Arthur's Tavern, pianist and scholar Terry Waldo—known for a 1970s NPR radio series and the book This Is Ragtime—leads the Gotham City Band. Onstage he mixes period repertoire with spoken context and dry, Midwestern-leaning humor while the group moves between arranged passages and open, free-leaning improvisation that emphasizes ensemble listening over solo display.
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.