Music Resources: Jazz Studies

A directory of over 1,000 links to jazz resources on the web, organized by theme or sub-topic.

Contains references to jazz musicians and bands, including brief biographies and discographies.

Provides reviews of recordings and performances, as well as artist information and interviews.

Contains reviews of books, concerts and recordings, as well as interviews and biographies of jazz artists.

"The William P. Gottlieb Collection, comprising over sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists, documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948, primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C."

The Library of Congress contains a wide range of digital content on Jazz, as well as music in general, which is available through their website. From this starting page, either Browse by Subject or explore any of their highlighted Special Presentations, such as African-American Band Music, Jazz on the Screen, the Gerry Mulligan Collection, and Jazz Photos by William P. Gottlieb.

"This register currently describes scores and/or parts to musical arrangements written for Benny Goodman's bands, orchestras, and combos." Additional items include letters, photographs, concert programs, etc. Individual documents are not viewable online.

Housed at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, this collection contains a range of papers and documents, scores, media. A finding aid is included, as well as a selection of digital content that can be viewed online.

"The Charleston Jazz Initiative (CJI) is a multi-year research project that documents the African American jazz tradition in Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and its diasporic movement throughout the United States and Europe between the late 19th century through today." Includes biographical information on area musicians, print materials and an oral history collection. Selected digital content available on their website.

The museum is owner of the Savory Collection, a series of recordings by William Savory engineered during the swing era of the 1930s and 40s. A number of these items have been digitized and made available through this site, with more in the works.