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Louis Armstrong
The home page contains several pics of the famous trumpeter in his different moods. The discography page includes information about sideman, hot 5 & 7, Stardom, the 30s, all-star, pure gold, and twilight discs. Also on this page are an interesting biography and related Armstrong links.
Contains information about the organization whose stated mission is “to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music.” Includes information on jazz events, their museum, instrument recycling, and the Jazz In Schools Program.
Presents a well-researched, well-written account of the free jazz music of Albert Ayler. Includes a very lengthy essay about Ayler’s life and music. Also provides sound examples, album artwork, and a discography. This site has been put together by someone who loves Ayler’s music and is well recommended.
Offers complete schedules and ticket information for this fairly new jazz and blues event held in Flagstaff and brought to you by the organizers of the famous Telluride Jazz Festival. Also provides information on travel and accommodations.
Provides home site for the Bloomington, Indiana-based jazz quintet Beeblebrox. Site includes a band bio, tour dates, recording background, and links to other related sites.
Includes a lengthy discography, articles, and a biography of jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. Provides links to other Frisell- and jazz-related sites.
Provides a great deal of information and background on the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. Includes a discography, articles, interviews, and other features. Includes links to other jazz and related sites.
Great site that contains tons of sound files (MPEG and AU formats) from Chet Baker’s famous bop trumpeting. This site also includes a biography, album information, lyrics, and a four-part discography.
This site links to 1,326 other jazz-related sites. You’ll find everything from festival information to jazz artists on the Web. Also, you can learn how to play jazz. Yep. Just follow the “Education” link.
This is a link off the University of California, Irvine, Bookstore site, but is about the best coverage on the Web for Dave Brubeck, the “cool jazz” pianist. The site gives a brief biography and offers plenty of images and an album list.
Dedicated to blues and jazz, this page offers beautiful, high-resolution images of artists such as B.B. King and Gary Patterson. Take the gallery tour (a walking tour or a shortcut) to see images or read about the artists featured at this site. Also, browse the online store to purchase jazz-related items.
Features paintings and sound samples of blues and jazz greats.
Classic-looking site with links to featured artists, such as Chick Corea and Arturo Sandoval. It also has catalog listings of greats such as Dizzy Gillespie. Select GRP Talk to post to a discussion board or add yourself to the mailing list.
Serves as a complete guide to jazz in Canada. Includes concert and festival information, jazz on the radio, jazz publications, CD reviews, and more.
Provides home page for Ornette Coleman’s Harmolodic productions. It includes background information about Ornette Coleman’s music and philosophies of free jazz. Includes contact information, liner notes, and a Coleman discography. This site is a great source of information for jazz fans.
Provides a tribute home page to jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius. Includes a detailed discography that also outlines Pastorius’ session work. Also includes articles, pictures, and links to other bass- and jazz-related sites.
Offers a great search engine to help you find the jazz artist you are looking for. Or, you can search for an artist by searching by musical instruments. Also, get listings of jazz clubs and festivals on the Internet.
With a fabulous graphical stage, this site offers something for your visual and listening pleasure. Vintage images are what you select for going to different site areas, such as the Jazz Café, which is a chat link. This site features a biography and discography for at least one artist (currently, it’s John Coltrane). You’ll find numerous articles, links, and places to get information from this hot stop.
Features worldwide club, concert, and festival information, interactive reviews from JazzTimes magazine, recent and upcoming releases, artist reviews, the Jazz Cafe, and the Jazz Market. Also includes official site for the International Association of Jazz Educators.
An impressive and animated image map—and cool, hushed jazz music—introduces you to this site. Here, you can go to the Recording Studio to find more about jazz artists, shop at the Bop ‘n Shop, get information on concerts and club dates at the Nitespot, and learn more about the business of jazz from the Office Suites link. Join the Speakeasy for an online discussion, too.
Wow, you name it, it’s here. The home page offers you a list from which you can choose to link to anything from acid jazz to ragtime to blues. Based in Ottawa, this site also gives some information about local artists and clubs. The “Mainstream/Contemporary Jazz” selection has a cool portrait of Charlie Parker as well as 449 links to other jazz sites.
Presents a series of articles for a course on jazz improvisation, taught at the University of Wisconsin. Serves as an introduction to the subject. Includes many images of musical notation and photos of jazz musicians.
Surveys the entire French jazz scene, including festivals, magazines, musicians, jazz on radio and TV, and jazz awards. Provides texts in English and French.
Your guide to jazz on the Internet. Offers weekly updates and reviews of new jazz sites, as well as links to jazz-related sites.
Gives informative early history of jazz, from early African culture to Dixieland to swing. Also offers a page all set up for you to search for jazz in the major search engines of today.
Presents the music and the man that is John Coltrane. Includes many different pictures, sound bytes, album artwork, and a very complete discography. Provides many different articles, interviews, and stories about Coltrane and his music. Also provides links to other Coltrane sites and links to other jazz sites. This site is highly recommended to any music fan.
Includes many <$coltrane, John> quotes from the jazz giant and a lengthy detailed thesis of Coltrane’s music. Provides links to other jazz sites, a bibliography, and a gallery of photos. This is a well-crafted site.
This is a well done unofficial site dedicated to the avant-jazz music of John Zorn. Includes articles, essays, and liner notes from Zorn releases. Also includes links to other related sites.
The word “just” in the title page is an understatement! This is multimedia jazz heaven, with MIDI files, images of artists, slideshows, movie files, live radio, and so much more. You can read up on your favorite artist, listen to some jingling jazz in the background, browse through tons and tons of links, and find out what’s hot in the jazz world.
This is an example of what Web sites should be like. Easily navigable, graphically pleasing, and textually informative, this site offers so much about the great jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. Get news and a biography about Miles, order books and CDs online, listen to AU files or watch a QuickTime movie, and browse the endless links to related sites
Provides a thorough discography, articles, and photographs of jazz great Miles Davis. Includes interview sound bytes, album artwork, and links to other Davis and jazz sites. This site is a great introduction to the art of Miles Davis.
Very nice site with sultry images of John Coltrane blowing his sax. From the home page, link to thesis, bibliography, discography, and photo gallery sites. Also, you can find related Coltrane and jazz links.
Contains a potpourri of jazz information, pertaining to the northwestern United States (mostly Washington). Includes area artists and their recordings, concert and festival schedules, jazz publications, and visual art.
This site is dedicated to the music of jazz guitarist John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Includes discography, tour dates, album reviews, articles, and sound bytes. This site is lovingly put together and is recommended to fans and neophytes alike.
This is the official home page of jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny. Includes upcoming tour dates and releases information. Also provides a complete discography, articles, and answers to frequently asked questions. This site is very well done.
Very resourceful site that offers you just about everything you’d want to find on the Web regarding the Duke. There are sound files, essays, information about the traveling Smithsonian Duke Ellington exhibition, and cover art for Duke’s albums. Also find links and good descriptions to related sites.
Provides the official Charles Mingus Internet site. Includes a letter from Sue Mingus and detailed articles about the life and music of Charles Mingus. Also provides Mingus’ writings and listings of authorized recordings. This is a great site for any jazz fan.
Provides a history, discography, and pictures of jazz pianist and composer Thelonius Monk. Includes current news, album reviews, and links to other jazz-related sites.
Focuses on Dixieland music. Provides information on the bands, festivals, publications, societies, and places to hear Dixieland on the radio all over North America. Offers many links to newsgroups, mailing lists, and other jazz Web sites.
Contains oral history interviews, recorded music, photographic collections and film, sheet music and orchestrations, and numerous files containing manuscript materials, clippings, and bibliographic references. Contains information about the archive, photos, sound clips, and a complete index to the oral history interviews.
Contains information on jazz. Includes essays on the different styles of jazz (accessible from a unique hypermap that reveals their interrelationships), artist bios, discographies, and reviews. Also offers information on festivals, venues, regional concerts, instruments, jazz in the media (radio, television, press), jazz art, and various jazz resources. Continually updated.
Great site for jazz professionals who want to get contacts and further their careers. You’ll find booking agencies, venues, labels, clubs, and even live sound engineers—plus so much more. In the future, you’ll be able to add your own listing to this site.
http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/Topics/ JanssenOnJazz.html
http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/artists/