Addisleigh Park in Saint Albans, Queens

While New Orleans may boast that it is the “birthplace of jazz,” New York City’s borough of Queens has its own proud claim: it has been the “home of jazz,” the residence of choice for hundreds of the music’s leading players. We will be touring the historic Addisleigh Park neighborhood that Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Milt Hinton, and many other jazz legends called home. Along with a walking tour of the architecture, we will learn how these musicians created the framework for what we now call American Jazz.