The Queens Jazz Trail Map is one that pops up almost every time google ‘jazz map history’. Particular to one part of New York, this map is hand-drawn.

It is, however, only one of a number of jazz-related maps from Ephemera press (and I like the name – what are historical maps, if not an attempt to pin down the past?). I think I prefer the Harlem Renaissance one:


I am a resident of Saint Albanās Queens for 16 years and I am just discovering this information about various jazz maps.