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Succinct summary of major artists identified with bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, bossa nova, and jazz rock. With links to audio from Milt Jackson tribute CD.
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Provides information about jazz history with links to jazz clubs and festivals. Also includes a gallery of jazz posters.
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History of styles and musicians with timeline, glossary, photos, festivals, teacher locator, and shopping for fakebooks and instruction books.
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Important jazz facts from 1895 to the present.
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The history of jazz starting from the late 1800's.
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A partnership between the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution.
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Dedicated to the preservation of early jazz history.
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Information and resources for jazz research plus many jazz-related links.
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A sound-and-sight archive from the library of the Kansas City campus of the University of Missouri.
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Fan site profiling Cab Calloway, Blanche Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Fats Waller, Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, and Lil Johnson.
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Musician and historian Max Morath discusses American popular music standards with Jerry Jazz Musician. Pictures, sound files, text.
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Fascinating facts on who played with whom, when, where and why.
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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.
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Essay by librettist Arnold Sundgaard on jazz history as originally published June, 1955 in the Atlantic Monthly.
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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.
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Documentation on the jazz standards including their origins, histories, musical analyses, song-writer and performer biographies, book reviews, and CD recommendations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Catalog of recordings released by Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside Records, sorted by musician, label and date. Session indexes, biographical notes, links.
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This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on Jazz
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A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and filmography.
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Collection of articles with text and photos by Tony Gieske, jazz reporter in the 1950s for the Washington Post and later for the Hollywood Reporter.
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Features a history of jazz origins, styles, including retro photo.
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The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists, videos, portraits and concert program notes.
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An encyclopedia of big band, classic jazz, and lounge music.
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The history of swing music from the 1930's until today.
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Dedicated to the jazz style of the late 1950's and early 1960's known as hardbop. Includes a list of notable musicians and a chronological listing of bop albums.
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The history of jazz from the beginning to the present day.
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Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included.
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Houses and maintains one of the largest jazz archives in the world. All styles and eras are represented with special emphasis on preservation and documentation of jazz in southern California.
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A history of jazz in Norway. Includes photographs, sound clips, jazz links and biographies.
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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.
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Explore a famous Art Kane photograph to learn more about jazz trombonists Lawrence Brown, Vic Dickenson, Tyree Glenn, Jay C. Higginbotham, Miff Mole, and Dicky Wells.
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Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor.
