Jazz History

Ted Gioia first published his History of Jazz in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.

“It really was a paradisical place to be, the jazz club.” That relatably wistful sentiment is uttered by saxophonist Sonny Rollins at one point in a…

The history of jazz in Greenwich Village is in danger of disappearing -- so many buildings important to jazz history have not gotten landmark…