History (Jazz)

History Sites:

A History of Jazz A History of Jazz: Provides information about jazz history with links to jazz clubs and festivals. Also includes a gallery of jazz posters. (History) http://www.historyjazz.com/ University of Kansas Jazz Archive University of Kansas Jazz Archive: The Richard M. Wright Jazz Archive of jazz recordings including the private collection of bandleader, Loring "Red" Nichols. (History) http://www.ku.edu/~sfa/mad/jazzarchive Jimmy Rushing's Hot Spot Jimmy Rushing's Hot Spot: The life and music of the blues shouter are outlined in anecdotes, discography and a lengthy 1963 interview taken from the Stanley Dance book, "The World of Count Basie." Photos and links. (History) http://www.jimmyrushing.com The Real Godfathers of Punk 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. (History) http://www.furious.com/perfect/jazzpunk.html Jazz: You Like It Jazz: You Like It: African Genesis portal offers one-line biographies of New Orleans musicians, a lengthy discussion of Louis Armstrong, and a collection of clippings and quotes on jazz from the 1930s. (History) http://www.afgen.com/jazlinks.html Jazz Connections - Your Interactive Guide to 50 Greats Jazz Connections - Your Interactive Guide to 50 Greats: Fascinating facts on who played with whom, when, where and why. (History) http://www.entanet.com/jazzconnections/ Historian Max Morath on Popular Music Standards Historian Max Morath on Popular Music Standards: Musician and historian Max Morath discusses American popular music standards with Jerry Jazz Musician. Pictures, sound files, text. (History) http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=morath.html Mars Club of Paris Mars Club of Paris: Internationally known jazz club where many Americans gathered to play in the 1950s. Features photograph of a door inscribed with the names of musicians who appeared at the club, and memories of Billy Strayhorn. (History) http://www.marsclubofparis.com/ Chicago Jazz Archive Chicago Jazz Archive: Significant collection founded in 1976 at the University of Chicago including early recordings, sheet music, photos and piano rolls, much of which is accessible online. (History) http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/ Jazz, Hot and Cold Jazz, Hot and Cold: Essay by librettist Arnold Sundgaard on jazz history as originally published June, 1955 in the Atlantic Monthly. (History) http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/jazz/sundgaar.htm The Hard Bop The Hard Bop: Music and the musicians of the jazz style of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Photos. (History) http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop Red Hot Jazz Archive Red Hot Jazz Archive: A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and filmography. (History) http://www.redhotjazz.com/ The History of Jazz Music The History of Jazz Music: The history of jazz from the beginning to the present day. (History) http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/zaire/721/historyframe.htm History of Jazz Trombone 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. (History) http://jazztrombonehistory.com/ Great Day in Harlem 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) http://www.harlem.org/ The Norwegian Jazz Base The Norwegian Jazz Base: A history of jazz in Norway. (History) http://www.jazzbasen.no/index_eng.html America's Jazz Heritage America's Jazz Heritage: A partnership between the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution. (History) http://www.si.edu/resource/tours/ajazzh/ Smithsonian Jazz Smithsonian Jazz: The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists, videos, portraits and concert program notes. (History) http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/ Verve Music Group: Jazz History Verve Music Group: Jazz History: Concise guide to various jazz styles and the artists and recordings associated with each style, edited by Dr. David Schroeder of New York University. (History) http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx?hid=8 What is Jazz? What is Jazz?: Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor. (History) http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/ History of Verve Records History of Verve Records: Traces development from the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts of the 1940s to the label's founding by Norman Granz in 1956 and the coalition formed with labels such as GRP and Blue Thumb in the 1990s. Artists listed, audio versions of pages. (History) http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx Jazz Roots Jazz Roots: Tom Morgan offers lavishly illustrated profiles of early 20th century performers along with links to books, a timeline from 1800 to 1930, and images of early sheet music including a year-by-year collection of Cotton Club Parades. (History) http://www.jass.com Swing Music Net Swing Music Net: The history of swing music from the 1930's until today. (History) http://www.swingmusic.net/ Jazz Hall of Fame Jazz Hall of Fame: A searchable database containing 1000+ jazz artists spanning the history of jazz (History) http://www.jazzhall.org/ Music and You Jazz History Music and You Jazz History: This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on Jazz (History) http://musicandyou.com/musichistory.htm HyperMusic - History of Jazz 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. (History) http://www.hypermusic.ca/jazz All About Jazz: History of Jazz Timeline All About Jazz: History of Jazz Timeline: Important jazz facts from 1895 to the present. (History) http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline.php The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945 The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945: Biographical and discographical information on a long list of notable jazz clarinetists, including links to other sites. (History) http://users.bestweb.net/~msnyder/clarinet/clar1945.htm Kansas City Jazz 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. (History) http://members.tripod.com/~isaziz/index.html The Jazz Archive The Jazz Archive: Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included. (History) http://www.rainerjazz.com/ Modern Jazz Discography Modern Jazz Discography: Catalog of recordings released by Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside Records, sorted by musician, label and date. Session indexes, biographical notes, links. (History) http://www.jazzdisco.org/ Hot Jazz Site Hot Jazz Site: A brief history of early New Orleans jazz, musician biographies, and audio links. (History) http://www.edsite2.fsnet.co.uk All That Jazz All That Jazz: The history of jazz starting from the late 1800's. (History) http://atj.8k.com/ Small Jazz History Small Jazz History: Features a history of jazz origins, styles, including retro photo. (History) http://www.smallsjazz.com Heptune: Lorenz-Pulte Jazz Page Heptune: Lorenz-Pulte Jazz Page: Fan site profiling Cab Calloway, Blanche Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Fats Waller, Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, and Lil Johnson. (History) http://www.heptune.com/jazzfolk.html The Jazz Files 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. (History) http://www.thejazzfiles.com Club Kaycee Club Kaycee: A sound-and-sight archive from the library of the Kansas City campus of the University of Missouri. (History) http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/ A Passion for Jazz! A Passion for Jazz!: History of Jazz music origins, styles and musicians featuring timeline, glossary, photos, festivals, webcasts, guitar & piano chords, scales & online lessons. (History) http://www.apassion4jazz.net/