All That Philly Jazz was launched in March 2015. A place-based public history project, we have mapped Philadelphia’s lost jazz shrines from A to Z, from the Aqua Lounge to Zanzibar Blue.
I was recently interviewed on National Public Radio’s newsmagazine, “Here & Now.” The interview touched on the legacy of McCoy Tyner, Philadelphia’s jazz ecosystem that nurtured young musicians and exposed them to jazz musicians (here and here), and the campaign to save the John Coltrane House, a National Historic Landmark.
The podcast is available here.

Be sure Barber’s Hall is featured! Here’s a beautiful documentary that tells the story. Barber’s Hall video. https://www.facebook.com/6130721655/posts/10156486463781656/