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.
Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included.
Essay by librettist Arnold Sundgaard on jazz history as originally published June, 1955 in the Atlantic Monthly.
Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor.
History of styles and musicians with timeline, glossary, photos, festivals, teacher locator, and shopping for fakebooks and instruction books.
This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on Jazz
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.
A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and filmography.
The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists, videos, portraits and concert program notes.
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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