A History of Jazz Provides information about jazz history with links to jazz clubs and festivals. Also includes a gallery of jazz posters.
A Passion for Jazz History of styles and musicians with timeline, glossary, photos, festivals, teacher locator, and shopping for fakebooks and instruction books.
All That Jazz The history of jazz starting from the late 1800's.
America's Jazz Heritage A partnership between the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution.
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.
Chicago Jazz Archive Information and resources for jazz research plus many jazz-related links.
Chicago Jazz Archive Collection of sheet music, recordings, photographs and stock arrangements, focusing on "Chicago style" jazz. Part of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.
Club Kaycee A sound-and-sight archive from the library of the Kansas City campus of the University of Missouri.
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.
Heptune: Lorenz-Pulte Jazz Page Fan site profiling Cab Calloway, Blanche Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Fats Waller, Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, and Lil Johnson.
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.
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.
Hot Jazz Site A brief history of early New Orleans jazz, musician biographies, and audio links.
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.
Jazz, Hot and Cold Essay by librettist Arnold Sundgaard on jazz history as originally published June, 1955 in the Atlantic Monthly.
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.
JazzStandards.com Documentation on the jazz standards including their origins, histories, musical analyses, song-writer and performer biographies, book reviews, and CD recommendations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Music and You Jazz History This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on Jazz
Red Hot Jazz Archive A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and filmography.
Remembrance of Swings Past Collection of articles with text and photos by Tony Gieske, jazz reporter in the 1950s for the Washington Post and later for the Hollywood Reporter.
Small Jazz History Features a history of jazz origins, styles, including retro photo.
Smithsonian Jazz The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists, videos, portraits and concert program notes.
Solid! An encyclopedia of big band, classic jazz, and lounge music.
Swing Music Net The history of swing music from the 1930's until today.
The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945 Biographical and discographical information on a long list of notable jazz clarinetists, including links to other sites.
The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945 Biographical and discographical information on more than twenty jazz clarinetists, with links to other sites.
The Hard Bop Music and the musicians of the jazz style of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Photos.
The Jazz Archive Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included.
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.
The Los Angeles Jazz Institute Houses and maintains one of the largest jazz archives in the world. All styles and eras are represented with special emphasis on preservation and documentation of jazz in southern California.
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.
Trombones in Harlem Explore a famous Art Kane photograph to learn more about jazz trombonists Lawrence Brown, Vic Dickenson, Tyree Glenn, Jay C. Higginbotham, Miff Mole, and Dicky Wells.
University of Kansas Jazz Archive The Richard M. Wright Jazz Archive of jazz recordings including the private collection of bandleader, Loring "Red" Nichols.
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.
What is Jazz? Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor.
