Terry Waldo & The Gotham City Band

like 24

Terry Waldo & The Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 3

by Jack Bowers
June 6, 2026

When it comes to ragtime jazz, pianist, historian, author, and cultural preservationist Terry Waldo literally wrote the book. Said book is This Is Ragtime (Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc., 1976), widely regarded as the most thorough and authoritative guide to one of modern jazz's early precursors. Treasury, Volume 3 is the last in a trilogy of recordings by Waldo's Gotham City Band devoted to the best of traditional ragtime music. This is exuberant toe-tapping jazz, radiating happiness and ...