# Event Details - **Event Name**: Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 03:00 pm - **Event Description**: Historian Jack McCarthy will share key stories from Philly’s heyday as a jazz mecca in the 1950s and 1960s up until the present.About this EventPhilly has long been a jazz hub, with cool cats like John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Smith, and Benny Golson calling the city home. Such figures were mainstays in the clubs and concert halls that were an integral part of the city's thriving jazz landscape. This tour will cover over a century of Philadelphia jazz history, from the early 20th to early 21st century, highlighting in particular locations and stories from the 1940s to 1960s heyday of Philly jazz, when the city was teeming with jazz clubs and home to some of the most transformative musicians in the history of the music. We’ll begin near the site of the famed Earle Theatre at 11th and Market Streets. From there, we’ll head down South Broad Street, a major club thoroughfare. The tour will end at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts at Broad and Fitzwater Streets. Put some pep in your step and come join the fun!Tour leader Jack McCarthy is a longtime Philadelphia archivist and historian who specializes in Philadelphia music history. Jack has a master’s degree in music history and regularly lectures, writes, and gives tours on the subject. He has directed several Philadelphia music history initiatives, including major projects for the Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Mann Music Center. Jack has written on Philadelphia music history for the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia and the online magazine Hidden City Philadelphia. His book, A Century of Music Under the Stars: A History of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Robin Hood Dell, will be published by Temple University Press in fall 2025.If you are a Hidden City Member, don't forget to use your promo code for a member discount!Questions, concerns, conundrums? Contact Hidden City project coordinator Alison Zeidman at azeidman@hiddencityphila.org. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/philadelphia/exploring-the-philly-jazz-legacy/100001234775349309 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, performances, art, concerts, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 28.52, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Philadelphia - **state**: PA - **country**: United States - **location**: 12th and Market, NE corner, next to the big clock - **lat**: 39.95219609999999 - **long**: -75.1595214 - **full address**: 12th and Market, NE corner, next to the big clock, 1113 Market St., Philadelphia, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/8555c6059325bb751feaf4f7e4cfe2c1ee099d3e536eb6eeb8c33f887937a0e9-rimg-w1051-h547-dc050706-gmir.jpg?v=1739011011 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy being held? - **A:** Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy takes place on Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 03:00 pm at 12th and Market, NE corner, next to the big clock, 1113 Market St., Philadelphia, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy? - **A:** Tickets for Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy are priced at USD 29 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityStandard AdmissionUSD 29 + USD 4 feeAvailablePay What You MayFreeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy? - **A:** Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy is organized by Hidden City Philadelphia. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Exploring the Philly Jazz Legacy is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Philadelphia, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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We also delve deeply into architecture, urbanism, photography, public art, city life and Philly history.\r\nOur Hidden City Tours aim to change the way local folks look at familiar places, and to illuminate Philadelphia’s often neglected post-colonial history. Tours range from members-only visits inside extraordinary sites such as the vacant Red Bell Brewery, to walking tours that explore places such as Mt. Moriah Cemetery, the Lost Jewish Quarter, and Subterranean Philadelphia. \r\nOur Story\r\nHidden City Philadelphia grew out of founder Thaddeus Squire’s interest in exploring old estates, churches and factories. He went on to create the Hidden City Festival, which featured site-specific contemporary art and performances at nine obscure or abandoned places, including the Met Opera House and Disston Saw Works. A second festival was held in 2013. Today, Hidden City is a non-profit organization that remains dedicated to connecting local residents to Philadelphia and its history. \r\nMembership: \r\nHidden City Philadelphia relies on the generous support of our members to help fund our journalism. Your support goes directly to pay the writers, photographers and editors of the Hidden City Daily. \r\n \r\nAs a member of Hidden City, you’ll not only support our reporting, you’ll also receive various perks, including discounts on all our tours, invites to members-only tours and, at higher levels, complimentary tickets. If you enjoy reading the Daily, please consider becoming a member today--let's keep exploring Philadelphia together! \r\n \r\nHidden City Philadelphia is a project of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia, our fiscal sponsor. CultureTrust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. \r\n " } ] } ] ```