Gotham City Band Keeps Ragtime and Jazz Alive in the Big Apple

A truly American musical genre thrives today in the heart of New York City, thanks to a musician’s persistent passion.

The Gotham City Band performs at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, New York City. Dave Paone

The scene in the jazz club was “The Great Gatsby” meets “Sultans of Swing.”

It did not play out in “London Town,” but on a summer night in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The venue was the historic Zinc Bar, which has retained its original Art Deco design. The cabaret-style space is aptly called “The Gatsby Room.”