Jazz
at Lincoln Center
The purpose of Jazz at Lincoln Center is the promotion and understanding
of jazz through education, performance and preservation via outreach
programs, concert tours, biographies of artists and the dissemination
of news about the jazz world.
Jazz
Improvisation Primer
This online text version by Marc Sabatella explains the fundamentals
of jazz improvisation throughout history and even has an annotated
bibliography and discography.
Jazz
Review.com
An online jazz magazines with a large archives of contemporary jazz
reviews including books, compact discs, concert reviews, interviews,
photographs, other links and a listening room.
Jazz
Web
Created and maintained by Northwestern University's radio station,
WNUR-FM, this site has links to artists, instruments, performers,
portraits, styles and serves as an introduction to the jazz media.
Montreux
Jazz Festival
Official site of one of the premier jazz festivals held in July
in Montreux, Switzerland.
Red
Hot Jazz Archive
A detailed history of jazz from its origins to 1930 supported by
essays, bibliographies, discographies, and movies dealing with the
artists, composers, types of jazz and significant places.
University
of North Texas Music Library - Jazz Research Portal
Short descriptions of links to jazz academic programs, archives,
artists, metasites, and online magazines.
William
P. Gottlieb Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
This site from the Music Division of the Library of Congress showcases
over 1,600 photographs of jazz artists from 1938 to 1948 in New
York City and Washington, D.C. A powerful search engine permits
searching by keyword, name, subject or venue.
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Margie Freilich-Den, Reference Librarian |  |
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| Tel: 203-291-4845 | E-mail: mfreilich-den@westportlibrary.org | |||
Last update: 8/07
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