Ramsey Library Research
Guides
Reference
The new Grove dictionary of
jazz, 2nd ed. Ed. by Barry Kernfeld. New York : Grove's Dictionaries Inc., 2002. UNCA REFERENCE ML102.J3 N48 2001 v.1-3
Feather, Leonard, and Ira Gitler.
The biographical encyclopedia of jazz. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. UNCA REFERENCE ML102.J3 F4 1999
Cook, Richard, and Brian Morton. The
Penguin guide to jazz on CD, 5th ed. New York : Penguin Books, 2000. UNCA REFERENCE ML156.4.J3 C67 2000
The Blackwell guide to recorded
jazz, 2nd ed. Ed. by Barry Kernfeld. Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1995. UNCA REFERENCE ML156.4.J3 B66 1995
The Oxford companion to jazz. Ed. by Bill Kirchner. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. UNCA GENERAL ML3507 .J32 2000
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular
music, 2nd ed. Ed. by Colin Larkin. New York: Stockton Press, 1995. UNCA REFERENCE ML102.P66 G84 1995 v.1-6
All Music
Guide http://allmusic.com
Artist profiles, discographies, and expert reviews from leading jazz writers.
Periodical
Indexes
International
Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
300 international music periodicals from over 20 countries. UNCA only.
Humanities
Full Text
Index to major English-language humanities journals in music, arts, and
culture. Includes some full text. UNCA only.
Archives
& Exhibits
America's Jazz Heritage
Educational resources and exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution.
Chicago
Jazz Archives
Exhibits and recommended links presented by the University of Chicago
Library.
Institute of Jazz
Studies
The "world's foremost jazz archive and research facility" at
Rutgers.
Jazz-Institut Darmstadt
Information, bibliographies, and links from "the largest European public research
archive on jazz."
William Ransom Hogan Archive of New
Orleans Jazz
Oral histories and research guides from the special collections at Tulane University
Library.
Educational
Sites
International
Association of Jazz Educators
Projects, programs, and information for educators and performers.
Jazz:
A Film by Ken Burns
Companion site for the PBS documentary.
Jazz
at Lincoln Center
Concerts and educational programming from the
"world's premiere performing arts organization dedicated
to the presentation of jazz."
Jazz
Institute of Chicago
"Not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and
perpetuation of jazz in all its forms."
Jazz
Roots
Tom Morgan's impressive site devoted to early jazz. Biographies, picture
archives, and bibliographies.
Red
Hot Jazz Archive
A history of jazz before 1930, complete with biographical information
and lots of MP3s.
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Educational organization founded to promote public school-based
jazz programs. The institute sponsors the Jazz in America program, a national
jazz curriculum and resource library for the 5th, 8th, and 11th grades.
What is Jazz?
Series of lectures by Billy Taylor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.
WNUR
JazzWeb
Contains the impressive "People of Jazz Index" with something on
just about every jazz artist you can think of.
News & Reviews
52nd Street
Jazz
Jazz CD review site.
All About
Jazz
Great site with changing features on a variety of contemporary and classic artists.
Down Beat
News and reviews from Down Beat magazine.
JAZZ Online
Streaming video of live performances, hot picks, and recent reviews.
Jazze.com
Events, bios, and reviews from the Knitting Factory.
Jazziz
Online features from Jazziz magazine.
NPR
Jazz
Reviews, concert events, news, and programming from National Public Radio.
Music
Catalogs & Labels
Many of these sites include audio clips,
background information on specific recordings,
and reviews.
Amazon.com
Blue Note
"Double-Time"
Jazz Web Site
ECM
Records
Fantasy
Impulse!
Knitting
Factory
Mosaic
Records
Palmetto
Records
Rhino
Records
Highly recommended. Access liner notes and expert commentary for key
recordings from the Atlantic catalog.
Verve
Music Group
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Last updated 02/27/06.
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