Queens Jazz Trail Map

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 (originally commissioned by Flushing Town Hall) shows the different neighborhoods and sites that are part of this hidden jazz history. Featuring portraits of jazz greats 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.

Map cover

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All artwork by Tony Millionaire

Folded maps packaged in shrink-wrap
(unfolds to 17" x 21")
Currently out of print

Unfolded maps sold as posters printed on 65-lb cover stock (17" x 21")
Currently out of print

Map Includes: Cannonball Adderly • Louis Armstrong • Louis Armstrong Archives • Addisleigh Park • Mildred Bailey • Count Basie • Tony Bennett • Bix Beiderbecke • James Brown • John Coltrane • Corona • Roy Eldridge • Ella Fitzgerald • Flushing Cemetery • Dizzy Gillespie • Benny Goodman • Jimmy Heath • Woody Herman • Milt Hinton • Billie Holiday • Lena Horne • Milt Jackson • Illinois Jacquet • Scott Joplin • Glenn Miller • Charlie Mingus • Clark Terry • Fats Waller • Ben Webster • Lester Young

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Queens Links

• Addisleigh Park Historic Designation Report
  Many famous jazz musicians and sports stars owned homes in Addisleigh Park. The neighborhood was recently made into a historic district.
• The Louis Armstrong House and Archives
  Everything you need to know about Louis Armstrong, his Corona Queens house (now a museum), and the extensive Armstrong Archives now at Queens College.
• Bix Beiderbecke Remembered in Sunnyside
  An account about the placement of a commemorative plaque outside the Sunnyside Queens apartment building where jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke died at age twenty-eight.
• Tony Bennett Paints Portrait of Louis Amstrong
  Singer Tony Bennett is an accomplished painter and a native of Astoria, Queens.

• Flushing Town Hall
  The premier venue for music in Queens with great jazz programming.
• Milt Hinton
  Until his death in 2000 Hinton was the heart of the Queens Jazz Community. This rich website commemorates his achievements as a bass player and as a prolific photographer.

• Jazz History is Living in Queens
  An article by the great jazz historian Nat Hentoff.
• Fans Take a Jazz Journey Through An Unlikely Mecca
  This Associated Press article describes a Queens Jazz Trail tour organized by Flushing Town Hall.
• Lookin’ for Fats: The Jazzmen of Queens
  An informed account of the famous jazz musicians who lived in Addisleigh Park with photographs of many of their homes. This web page is part of Forgotten NY, a great online resource for obscure information about the city.
• The Queens Jazz Orchestra
  Founded by Jimmy Heath, the Queens Jazz Orchestra is dedicated to preserving the heritage of jazz in Queens.

Maps

Harlem Renaissance Map

Queens Jazz Trail Map

Lower Manhattan Map

East Village Map