'History of Jazz in NYC' Webinar & Listening Party: Early Swing

Tickets
🎫 Ticket for 1 person
📱 Next steps: you will be given instructions on how to access the live stream in your confirmation email. You must follow the link and register with the code you are provided with in order to gain access to the event

General Info
📅 Date: Wednesday, July 1st
🕒 Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍 Location: your home!
🌟 Host speaker: DJ and jazz historian Matthew “Fat Cat” Rivera

Description
Flashback to 1917, New York City. A line of people stretches for blocks outside of Reisenweber's Cafe at Columbus Circle, all hoping to hear and dance to the tunes of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, who are showcasing a new music style straight from New Orleans. From Harlem's mob-run night clubs in the 1920s, to the narrow basement joints lining 52nd Street in the 1930s and '40s, to the downtown Greenwich Village spots in the 1940s and '50s, that one concert would lead NYC to eventually become the undisputed Jazz Capital of America. This is the story of the music, musicians, and venues that defined New York's pioneering era of jazz. Join NYAC for the third of a seven-part series on the full history of jazz in New York City — Chapter 4: Early Swing will take us to the moment jazz went mainstream when it transformed into a new uplifting rhythm called swing. Led by DJ and jazz historian Matthew “Fat Cat” Rivera, who will be able to answer all questions before, during and after the experience!