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. The award winning Queens Jazz Trail map shows the different neighborhoods and sites that are part of this hidden jazz history. Featuring portraits of jazz greats (Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.) and drawings of their houses, this pictorial map makes a beautiful poster. The back of the map contains a short history of jazz in Queens; the addresses of homes once occupied by jazz musicians; and sites of current interest to jazz fans.
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A partial listing ofthe artists who lived in Queens would widen the eyes of even the most casual jazz fan. -- Gene Seymour, Newsday, Oct. 8, 1998
Created for students, tourists, locals....Tony Millionaire's beautiful illustrations make the map suitable for framing. -- Mondella S. Jones, Black Issues Book Review, January - February 2002
The map became...a bus tour...placed second among British travel writers asthe world's best new tourist initiative. -- David Leopold, New York Times, March 3, 2002
Created for students, tourists, locals....Tony Millionaire's beautiful illustrations make the map suitable for framing. -- Mondella S. Jones, Black Issues Book Review, January - February 2002
The map became...a bus tour...placed second among British travel writers asthe world's best new tourist initiative. -- David Leopold, New York Times, March 3, 2002
About the Author
Illustrated by Tony Millionaire, the award winning creator of the weekly cartoon strip "Maakies." Millionaire's illustrations and comics can be seen in the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, and the Village Voice.
Text by Marc H. Miller, a curator, educator, and art historian. Dr. Miller's credits include "Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy" (Washington University Press and The Queens Museum); "Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds" (University of New England Press and The Queens Museum; and "Remembering the Future: The New York World's Fair from 1939 to 1964" (Rizzoli International and The Queens Museum).
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