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Resources on the World Wide Web

• BluesWEB

• Charles Mingus Home Page (Esa Onttonen with assistance of The Mingus Team)

• Europe Jazz Network
  "A non-profit association of promoters, musicians' associations, artistic directors, consultants of music programmes in Europe working mainly in the field of jazz and improvised music."

• Great Jazz Links (Dave Liebman)

• Jazznet: Southern California

• Jazz Online

• Louis Armstrong Discography (Scott Johnson)
  A "modest effort" by a "white Iowa man," who gives much credit to Hans Westerberg's Boy From New Orleans and Jos Willems's printed discography. Comprehensive recording information and session details.

• New Jazz Archives

• privatelessons.com
  A searchable database of resumes, job openings and articles on both classical and jazz musicians and teachers.

• Ragtime Home Page (Andy Rudoff)

• Red Hot and Cool: The Jazz Resource for the Net

• RoJaRo - Index (Kjetil Maria Aase)
  Free online index to periodicals that deal with popular music and jazz. International in coverage.

• WNUR-FM JazzWeb (Northwestern University)

• Carner, Gary, compiler. Jazz Performers: An Annotated Bibliography of Biographical Materials. New York: Breenwood Press, 1990.
  FA-REF-4 ML128 .B3 C37 1990
  Entries for jazz books, theses, dissertations and scholarly journal articles. Supplementary bibliography classified by format. Includes author and subject indexes.

• Carr, Ian and Digby Fairweather and Brian Priestly. Jazz: The Essential Companion. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1988.
  FA-REF-4 ML102 .J3 C32 1988

• Carr, Ian and Digby Fairweather and Brian Priestly. Jazz: The Rough Guide. London: Rough Guides, 1995.
  FA-REF-4 ML102 .J3 C325 2000

• Chilton, John. Who's Who in Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, 4th ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1985.
  FA-REF-4 ML106 .U3 C5 1985
  Biographical entries for over 1,000 jazz musicians, including their affiliations with various ensembles, along with a list of bandleaders.

• Feather, Leonard G. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, new ed., completely rev., enl. and brought up to date. New York: Horizon Press, 1960.
  FA-REF-4 ML3561 .J3 E55
  Introductory essays and a biographical dictionary of jazz musicians.

• Feather, Leonard and Ira Gitler. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies. New York: Horizon Press, 1976.
  FA-REF-4 ML105 .F36
  Same format as the above, with concentration in the years 1966-1976.

• Feather, Leonard. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties. New York: Horizon Press, 1966.
  FA-REF-4 ML105 .F35
  Same format as above. Includes portraits.

• Gold, Robert. A Jazz Lexicon, 1st ed. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1964.
  FA-REF-4 ML102 .J3 G6
  A dictionary of the language of jazz (up to the early 60's).

• Gold, Robert. Jazz Talk. New York: Da Capo Press, 1982, c1975.
  FA-REF-4 ML102 .J3 G7 1982
  A successor to A Jazz Lexicon. Includes an extensive bibliography.

• Gourse, Leslie. Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
  STACKS-4 ML82 .G69 1995
  Includes bibliographical references and index.

• Hart, Mary and Brenda M. Eagles and Lisa N. Howorth. The Blues: a Bibliographic Guide. New York: Garland Pub., 1989.
  FA-REF-4 ML128 .B49 H3 1989
  Exhaustive compilation of blues-related citations including such subjects as blues and society, blues instruction and blues research. Contains author and title indexes.

• Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
  FA-REF-4 ML102 .J3 N48 1994
  A scholarly, comprehensive treatment of jazz from its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to the mid-80's. Includes bibliographical references and discographies.

• Leder, Jan, compiler. Women in Jazz: a Discography of Instrumental Music, 1913-1968. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
  FA-REF-4 ML156.4 .J3 L44 1985
  Arranged by the names of single performers and duos or groups. Gives detailed recording information. Includes an index of women performers.

• Meadows, Eddie S. Jazz Reference and Research Materials: a Bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981.
  FA-REF-4 ML128 .J3 M33 1981

• Placksin, Sally. American Women in Jazz: 1900 to the Present, 1st ed. New York: Seaview Books, 1982.
  STACKS-4 ML3508 .P58 1982
  Includes bibliography, discography and index.

• Wynn, Ron and Michael Erlewine. All Music Guide to Jazz: the Best CDs, Albums & Tapes. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 1994.
  FA-REF-4 ML156.4 .J3 A45 1994
  Includes some jazz history, definitions, bibliographical references and index.