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Features a history of jazz origins, styles, including retro photo.
http://www.smallsjazz.com
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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.
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=morath.html
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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.
http://www.jimmyrushing.com
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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.
http://www.marsclubofparis.com/
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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.
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx?hid=8
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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.
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx
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University of Kansas Jazz Archive
The Richard M. Wright Jazz Archive of jazz recordings including the private collection of
bandleader, Loring "Red" Nichols.
http://www.ku.edu/~sfa/mad/jazzarchive
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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.
http://www.jazzdisco.org/
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The History of Jazz Music
The history of jazz from the beginning to the present day.
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/zaire/721/historyframe.htm
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Jazz Connections - Your Interactive Guide to 50 Greats
Fascinating facts on who played with whom, when, where and why.
http://www.entanet.com/jazzconnections/
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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.
http://jazztrombonehistory.com/
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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.
http://www.hypermusic.ca/jazz
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Swing Music Net
The history of swing music from the 1930's until today.
http://www.swingmusic.net/
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All That Jazz
The history of jazz starting from the late 1800's.
http://atj.8k.com/
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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.
http://www.harlem.org/
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Club Kaycee
A sound-and-sight archive from the library of the Kansas City campus of the University of Missouri.
http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/
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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.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/
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Jazz Hall of Fame
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck and Dinah Washington
lyrics, discographies, photos and history.
http://www.geocities.com/tc_lye/
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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.
http://www.furious.com/perfect/jazzpunk.html
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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.
http://members.tripod.com/~isaziz/index.html
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Smithsonian Jazz
The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists,
videos, portraits and concert program notes.
http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/
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Red Hot Jazz Archive
A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and
filmography.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/
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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.
http://www.thejazzfiles.com
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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.
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4270/
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The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945
Biographical and discographical information on a long list of notable jazz clarinetists, including
links to other sites.
http://users.bestweb.net/~msnyder/clarinet/clar1945.htm
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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.
http://www.afgen.com/jazlinks.html
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Music and You Jazz History
This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on
Jazz
http://musicandyou.com/musichistory.htm
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Hot Jazz Site
A brief history of early New Orleans jazz, musician biographies, and audio links.
http://www.edsite2.fsnet.co.uk
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A Passion for Jazz
Styles and musicians featuring photo gallery, etymology, and timeline. Information about festivals,
news, and webcasts.
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/
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What is Jazz?
Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor.
http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/
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Jazz, Hot and Cold
Essay by librettist Arnold Sundgaard on jazz history as originally published June, 1955 in the
Atlantic Monthly.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/jazz/sundgaar.htm
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America's Jazz Heritage
A partnership between the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution.
http://www.si.edu/resource/tours/ajazzh/
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The Jazz Archive
Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included.
http://www.rainerjazz.com/
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Cootie's Jazz
The story of jazz told through its 101 most representative records, with detailed commentaries, and
user feedback.
http://www.cootiesjazz.com/
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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.
http://www.jass.com
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