The Jazz Loft Project: Sights And Sounds

Dec. 6 | An overview of the stories hidden within Eugene Smith's 1,741 reels of tape — and the story of the tapes themselves.

Dec. 13 | Scores of musicians, classical and jazz alike, flocked to the modest Juilliard professor's apartment for lessons.

Dec. 20 | The Jazz Loft's brilliant "house drummer" had to leave the building, and the jazz scene, to fight his drug addiction.

Dec. 27 | As the '50s turned to the '60s, the cultural scene in New York City was changing — as was 821 Sixth Ave. itself.