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Jazz and Popular Music Sources

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Bibliographies
Guides
Websites

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950 -- On our shelves at: Ref ML102 .P66 K55 1974 (Main Floor)

Encyclopedia of Jazz -- On our shelves at: Ref ML3561 .J3 E55 1960 (3rd Floor)

Jazz: the Essential Companion -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 102 .J3 C32 1988 (Main Floor)

New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 1st ed. -- On our shelves at: Ref ML102 .J3 N48 2002 (Main Floor)

Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street 4th ed. -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 106 .U3 C5 1985 (Main Floor)

Bibliographies

Literature of Jazz: A Critical Guide. 2d ed., rev. -- On our shelves at: Ref ML128 .J3 K45 1980 (Main Floor)

Guides

All Music Guide to Jazz -- On our shelves at: Ref ML156.4 .J3 A45 1998 (Main Floor)

Complete Guide to Instrumental Jazz Instruction: Techniques for Developing a Successful School Jazz Program -- On our shelves at: MT86 .K9 1984 (3rd Floor)

Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz -- On our shelves at: ML156.4 .J3 P53 1995 (3rd Floor)

Jazz Arranging and Performance Practice: A Guide for Small Ensembles -- On our shelves at: MT86 .R66 1989 (3rd Floor)

Jazz Pedagogy: A Comprehensive Method of Jazz Education for Teacher and Student -- On our shelves at: MT68 .B28X 1979 (3rd Floor)

Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide -- On our shelves at: Ref ML156.4 .J3 R65 1999 (Main Floor)

Jazz and Popular Music Web Sites

All Music Guide

Extensive coverage of all types of music, including jazz, blues, world, folk, rap, reggae, etc, divided into 10-year periods; biographies of musicians in each genre; description of dominant music formats for each decade.

Blue Highway

Information about blues: artists, concerts, and links to related sites.

Jazz Roots

Devoted to the early roots of jazz.

Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz Before 1930

A good site for jazz history and it provides sound recordings of early jazz greats.