Harlem Jazz History Listening Session
- 2 hours
- Up to 8 people
- English
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Hosted by Clarence Boyd
A two-hour listening session in a Sugar Hill apartment, tracing Harlem's role in jazz from the Renaissance to the present. Clarence has collected records for fifty years and plays from his own shelves while telling the stories behind them.
Session fees help digitize a private archive of Harlem jazz recordings so the music stays accessible to the next generation.What's included
- A guided listening session on vinyl
- Stories from a fifty-year collector
- A glass of wine or tea
Plan
Just yourself. Seating is limited, so arrive on time.
This is a listening session, so phones stay away during the music.
Fees fund the slow work of digitizing Clarence's collection of rare Harlem pressings, which will be donated to a local library's listening room.
Go
Where?
Shared after booking confirmation,
Sugar Hill, Manhattan, NY 10031
How to get there
- SubwayA, B, C, or D to 145th St
- Walk8 min
- Grab a CitibikeDocks within a few blocks
- BusM3 up St. Nicholas Avenue
What guests say
4.9 out of 5 from 71 reviews
May 2026
Clarence plays a record, then tells you exactly why it mattered. I could have listened all night.
April 2026
Intimate and unhurried. You're sitting in someone's living room with the music that defined a neighborhood.