Weeksville Lost Jazz Shrines of Brooklyn Collection (WLJSB)
The Weeksville Lost Jazz Shrines of Brooklyn (WLJSB) project emerged out of a series of questions developed by the WHC research staff in an October 2008 proposal concerning the cultural legacy of jazz history in Central Brooklyn. Between the 1930s and 1960s, Central Brooklyn was home to a unique and rich jazz culture; one very similar to that of the well-known jazz scene of Harlem, between 1940-1960. Created by Weeksville’s research staff, the WLJSB collection examines this Brooklyn Jazz culture through key musical artists of the aforementioned time period.