Jul 7 ParkLit: Jazz Loft Project

CAUGHT ON TAPE
From 1957 to 1965, photographer Eugene Smith lived in a dilapidated loft building on Sixth Avenue, documenting the late-night scene with 4,000 hours of audio tape and 40,000 photographs. On record: Thelonious Monk, Sonny Clark, William Faulkner, flying saucers, Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Parker, the 1960 World Series, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Hall Overton, Long John Nebel, Town Hall 1959, and mice.

IN THE FLESH
In 1999, Sam Stephenson discovered Smith’s jazz loft photographs and tapes; he has spent the last seven years archiving and editing Smith’s materials for The Jazz Loft Project. A PublIc Space, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Swingbound, and Greenlight Books present CHAOS MANOR: A Night of Music and Stories from The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Ave 1957-1965. Afterparty: 8:00 pm @ Greenlight Bookstore


This event has been canceled because of weather. New date TBA.

Wednesday, July 7

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