Red Hot Jazz Archive
- A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and filmography.
Smithsonian Jazz
- The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists, videos, portraits and concert program notes.
All That Jazz - The history of jazz starting from the late 1800's.
Allison Miner: A Cultural Legacy - Honored with a traditional jazz funeral for her work promoting, managing and recording previously obscure musicians. Biography and links.
America's Jazz Heritage - A partnership between the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution.
BackWaterBlues in Search of Bessie Smith - Information on biography of the artist written by Sara Grimes and published in 2002. Photos, Louis Armstrong audio, reviews, extensive excerpts, where to find the book, reviews by scholars, artists and music industry readers.
Chicago Jazz Archive - Lots of jazz links, with information and resources for jazz research.
The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945 - Biographical and discographical information on a long list of notable jazz clarinetists, including links to other sites.
Club Kaycee - A sound-and-sight archive from the library of the Kansas City campus of the University of Missouri.
Cootie's Jazz - The story of jazz told through its 101 most representative records, with detailed commentaries, and user feedback.
Forgotten Tenor - Information on the documentary film about the lives of several musicians.
Great Day in Harlem - Click on Art Kane's August 1958 photograph of 57 jazz musicians for names of those pictured, or browse by timeline, instrument, or style. Link to the Jean Bach documentary of the shoot, online sales of the photo originally published in Esquire magazine.
History of Jazz Trombone - Past history, musical samples, and transcriptions demonstrate that trombonists' contributions have had a crucial role in the development of the jazz language during the 20th century.
Hot Jazz Site - A brief history of early New Orleans jazz, musician biographies, and audio links.
HyperMusic - History of Jazz - A brief look at jazz history of the 20th century. In addition to such styles as ragtime, the blues, bigband, bebop, and fusion, History of Jazz also includes short biographies on major jazz musicians.
International Jazz Day - Holiday created for jazz enthusiasts to celebrate and pay homage to the music they love and to the musicians, past and present, who sustain it. Includes a history of the first 60 years of jazz.
The Jazz Archive - Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included.
The Jazz Files - Guide to musicians who made great jazz in the 1950s including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Art Blakey and Cannonball Adderly. Biographical articles with photos, discographies, and links.
Jazz Hall of Fame - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck and Dinah Washington lyrics, discographies, photos and history.
Jazz, Hot and Cold - Atlantic Monthly Article, June, 1955, by the well known Opera and Stage writer, Arnold Sundgaard, is an essay and brief history of Jazz.
Jazz Roots - Roots of Jazz web site designed by the award winning music author, Tom Morgan. Lavishly illustrated, Jazz Roots features profiles of many pre-jazz African American songsters.
Jazz: You Like It - This site has many useful articles on Jazz History, and the people who have made Jazz what it is today. The site is very informative about the linking of Jazz and Blues music history.
Jerry Jazz Musician: Max Morath on Popular American Standards - Interview with the noted author, ragtime pianist and NPR commentator on standard popular songs and their writers, including Gershwin, Kern and Dorothy Fields. Text, many photos, sound samples.
Kansas City Jazz - Loose collection of pages devoted to Count Basie, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, Don Byas, and Bennie Moten, with a page for the modern Basie band under Grover Mitchell. Photos, link to ring.
Modern Jazz Discography, The - Complete documentation of recordings released by Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside Records, sorted by musician as well as by label and recording date. Session indexes, biographical thumbnails, links.
Music and You Jazz History - This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on Jazz
NewOrleansOnline: Music - Articles on the origins of jazz, the second line, and performers such as Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong.
A Passion for Jazz - Styles and musicians featuring photo gallery, etymology, and timeline. Information about festivals, news, and webcasts.
The Real Godfathers of Punk - E-zine article by Billy Bob Hargus connecting jazz artists auch as Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman with the roots of punk music. Links, photographs.
SwingMusic.net - The history of Jazz depicted in articles, audio archives, and biographies with an emphasis on Big band Jazz from the 1930's to today.
Verve Records - Offers a tool to help learn about the various jazz styles and their historical significance. A systematic guide to the evolution of jazz and important recordings that exemplify the periods and artists associated with each style.
What is Jazz? - Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor.
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