JAZZ
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Billie Holiday |
 Charlie Parker
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Books:
781.65 G |
Visions of Jazz: the first century. Giddins, Gary. New York: Oxford University Press. 1998 ) |
781.65 M |
American Jazz Musicians. Mour, Stanley I. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c.1998. |
781.65 S |
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz. Schoenberg, Loren. New York: Berkley Pub., 2002 |
781.65 S |
Talking Jazz: an oral history. Sidran, Ben. New York:Da Capo Press, 1995 |
REF 785.42F |
The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties. Feather, Leonard New York: Horizon, 1966 |
Compact Discs: These are on reserve for you to listen to in the library.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Louis Armstrong/Ken Burns Jazz
The Essential Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Coltrane
Dinah Washington
Miles Davis/Ken Burns Jazz
Montreal Jazz Fest, 2003
Bird Symbols (Charlie Parker)
Articles:
JAZZ & BLUES; [Final Edition]
Roger Trapp. The Independent. London ( UK): Sep 18, 2004. p. 39
Saturday concert will recall Basie and the Swing era ; Baltimore's Big Band will play the standards; Stage: Theater, music, dance; [FINAL Edition]Carl Schoettler. The Sun. Baltimore, Md.: Aug 26, 2004. p. 12.T
A jazz picture is worth a thousand memories; [ALL Edition] An article about the picture found at Harlem.com, below. J im Regan csmonitor.com. Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Mass.: Aug 19, 2004. p. 25
Obituary of Elvin Jones Drummer who played with John Coltrane in one of the most influential ensembles in the history of jazz
The Daily Telegraph. London ( UK): May 20, 2004. p. 25
Talking Jazz; [FOREIGN Edition]
Sholto Byrnes. The Independent. London ( UK): Jan 23, 2004. p. 19
Web sources: History of Jazz
The history of Jazz
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
Culture and Change: Black History in America.The history of Jazz. This site has a timeline format and audio clips.
The styles of Jazz. A map--useful for understanding the evolution of Jazz..
Harlem.org. Explore Jazz through one photograph. This is very cool. Click on various parts of the picture to identify the musicians and find out more about them.
Smithsonian Institution
The Golden Age of Jazz.Slide show of Jazz greats.
Miles Davis
General Jazz sites:
Fun Jazz pages
Jazz Online. A Jazz magazine with links to pictures, reviews and articles.
Jazzradio.net. Online radio station.
A Passion for Jazz
Karlheinz Klüter: Jazz photography with music. Categorized by instrument the musician played, there are great pictures along with music.
Web sources: Jazz Musicians' Biographies
Dinah Washington
Ella Fitzgerald
Art Tatum
Billie Holiday
Chet Baker
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Dexter Gordon
Dizzy Gillespie(notice the cool poster picure of Gillespie. I chose this site because I love that picture. Imagine what all that breath did when he played his trumpet!!)
Benny Goodman
James Moody
Charlie Mingus: 1959-1964
Lena Horne
Miles Davis - Official site presented by Miles Davis Properties, LLC.
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane Online
Louis Armstrong
Don Cherry
Jelly Roll Morton
Listen to Jelly Roll's music
Count Basie - PBS Jazz
PBS--JAZZ--Clifford Brown
Tito Puente
Nat King Cole
 Louis Armstrong
Pictures of Jazz Greats:
Jazz Musicians.Click on Jazz, and then click on the thumbnails for pictures of ten jazz greats. As you look at each picture, music plays. Be sure to use a computer with speakers!
Clifford Brown
John Coltrane
Charlie "Bird" Parker
Nat King Cole at the Silver Fox, 1940
    
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