Official Web Site of Oscar Peterson's "Swing Magic" tour. Come laugh, dance and swing with Oscar on his LAST major North American tour. The site contains information on venues and dates of the tour and biographies of the many performers.

A site about dead musicians and how they got that way; each musician has a full page dedicated to him / her with obituaries, biographies, photo and related links. Contains obits on Mel Torme, Red Norvo, Al Hirt, Joe Williams, Jaki Byard, Horace Tapscott and Michel Petrucciani.

The JazzSource is a comprehensive international resource to the world of jazz. This resource was designed for the global broadcast community and general public at large with jazz features that include artist biographical links, concert and venue listings, books, music, videos and more! The JazzSource is a platform from which Jazz and NAC/SmoothJazz broadcast professionals, such as Announcers, Music Directors, Program Directors and others in the industry can have readily available sources for topical information to be used on or off air.

Having trouble locating an out-of-print album or can't remember the name of a track on a certain CD? Well, never fear, 'cause AAJ resident private investigator Vic is here. The "music dick" and his trusty sidekick Lulu will run a beat on the songs you can’t recall enough of to remember, but remember too much of to forget.

The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Air Force. It was created in 1950 to carry on the style of Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps dance band, but over the years has remained on an innovative musical course to continually challenge the frontiers of contemporary big band jazz. The 'Note' flourishes today from it's 48-year history of having strong leaders, distinguished writers and arrangers, and 18 of the finest jazz musicians in the country. Don't forget to cue the announcer!

Songbirds: The List-Server - a free, online mailing list - was launched in the summer of 1998 to provide a discussion forum about the female vocalists of "classic pop" and jazz. Songbirds' main emphasis is on what they call "GAS" - the Great American Songbook, or the immense body of work by such great songwriters as Arlen, Berlin, Ellington, Gershwin, Kern, Mercer, Porter, Rodgers, and many, many others. Songbirds: The Website was launched this month. Look for a new issue, containing reviews of newly released and reissued CDs, as well as other features, on the first of each month.

You'll find an extensive collection of jazz resources at Take Phive Jazz. Nicely categorized, rated links and a large artists section, including an image gallery, biographies, and complete discographies. The history section is a comprehensive chroniclization of jazz's past, and for yucks, visit the music humor section. Stay up-to-date with the latest jazz news, and read album reviews and artist features. Read Philip's review of Kind of Blue at AAJ.

Shade Street Publishing is a Chicago based organization dedicated to connecting the jazz public with original music of the highest quality. Here you'll find music for large jazz ensemble, a selection of hard to find CD's, and a free ezine: "The E-Jazz Gazette." Published monthly and delivered by email, "The E-Jazz Gazette" delivers interviews with famous jazz artists, CD reviews, jazz-related articles, info on out of print CD's, and more!

Jazz Chronicles web-zine featuring articles, abstracts, research materials, musician biographies, publications, CD previews/reviews, resources, contests & giveaways. This site is dedicated to the preservation of jazz as an American music tradition by making the contributions of jazz artists more visible and accessible and to demonstrate the rich heritage of jazz as an art form. Also, to present the history of jazz through articles, interviews, recordings and reviews with emphasis on legends in music as well as emerging artists who are in the vanguard of creating new trends in jazz culture.

Use Jazz to Jazz as your portal site to the European jazz web community. Plenty of links to labels, magazines, festivals, artists and clubs.

Lee Tanner began using a camera as a teenager in New York City. An avid jazz fan from the age of eight and inspired by the jazz photography of Gjon Mili, Bill Claxton, Herb Snitzer, and Herman Leonard, he turned to documenting the jazz scene with a love for the music comparable only to his creative drive for visual expression. Visit his site to view the many images that were printed in Downbeat, Jazz Times, Rolling Stone, as well as the classics that have graced numerous LP and CD record jackets.

Jazzine takes a look at modern movements in Jazz and Blues. Read interviews, learn more about upcoming releases, stay on top of events, and access club guides.

The definitive resource for the San Francisco Bay Area's jazz scene and culture. The web site (launched back in September '98) is the complete guide for Bay Area residents as well as out-of-town visitors and tourists to keep up on the latest happenings around the Bay that pertain to jazz music and its vast culture. CD reviews, calendars, links, feature articles and interviews are just some of the components that make bayjazz.com the comprehensive jazz resource.

Bi-weekly, The Jazz Report Radio Network features Jazz music as well as World Music and Blues. During each program, Bill also takes a look at 2-3 up-and-comers in "Undiscovered".

A personal web site dedicated to Mel's musical activities and those of Bebop & Beyond 2000. Also includes his tips for beginners, private lessons, interviews with jazz masters, articles, lots of links, photos, audio clips, sheet music, recorded songs and exercises. Mel also maintains an extensive archive of articles and interviews for your reading pleasure.

An impressive look at the life and times of Lady Day. Contains bios, a bibliography, video listings, discography, photos, and a few other interesting tidbits. If this doesn't fill the bill, try Jack Millar's Billie Holiday Circle.

Read about the life, work and discography of one of the unsung masters of jazz guitar. Grant Green narrowly missed celebrity status in his own lifetime, but his legend continues to grow through reissues and the upcoming book "Rediscovering the Forgotten Genuis of Jazz Guitar". John has done an outstanding job representing his body of work in this smartly designed tribute site. Includes photos and sound clips.

For Chet Baker's complete up-to-the-minute discography, be sure to visit this site. Harvey organizes Chet's extensive recordings into three parts: 1952-1956, 1957-1970, 1974-1988. He also provides a master list sorted by release date.

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of four major research centers of The New York Public Library and is the world's leading publicly-accessible research institution for the study of the history & culture of peoples of African descent. Among the jazz holdings of the Center are tens of thousands of sound recordings, retrievable by individual performer (including side musicians), song title, composer and arranger. If you have a fast connection and time to burn, you owe it to yourself to check this site out.

Dick Hyman's Century Of Jazz Piano CD-ROM is both an educational guide to playing jazz piano and tons of fun for any jazz lover. In it Hyman performs 103 tunes in 60 different styles as MIDI files, provides extensive documentation, offers historical & lessons videos and much more. One of the many highlights on the CD-ROM is the virtual reality tour of famous jazz clubs from New Orleans to 52nd Street. The pro version retails for $99.95 and comes with MIDI files & lessons. The home version is considerably less expensive at $49.95. Click to the website to take the mini-tour!

THE COMMISSION PROJECT is a nonprofit organization that brings professional composers and musicians into classrooms to write music for student ensembles and mentor young musicians as performers, improvisers, and composers. Max Roach, Ron Carter and Jon Faddis are on the board of directors. For more information about the project and its mission, please visit their website.

Supurb coverage devoted to the memory and music of one of jazz's greatest trumpet players -- Theodore "Fats" Navarro. His life was short but his accomplishments in jazz were great and far reaching in their influence on later trumpeters. Includes a biography, photos, sound clips, discography, a time line and press clippings.

Electron Music aims to be the Internet's definitive music Web site covering all aspects of the music business. Their site contains music and live performance reviews, a database of music industry links and an opportunity for unsigned bands to gain exposure. Be sure to visit their Jazz section!

This multimedia jazz journal features articles, reviews, and interviews with many of the world's greatest jazz musicians. BluePort Jazz is doing a fine job covering: new jazz recordings; classic jazz reissues; out-of-print material; current events; photographic documentation; multimedia files of live jazz events, not to mention reviews of recording techniques and of home audio equipment.

This site is a comprehensive, well-researched collection of material on over 51 past and present jazz trumpet players. It also features a chat and forum room to provide communication on the subject. If you have Real Audio Player, you can listen to a large collection of trumpet solos. COMING SOON: Solo Transcriptions.

The Jazz Hall of Fame is currently auctioning limited edition lithographs of jazz greats, with proceeds benefiting the International Jazz Hall of Fame. There are lithographs of Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Al Hirt, Count Basie, Pearl Bailey, and others! The auction runs December 1 - December 20th. Support this worthy cause and check out the auction.

Anthony features a new artist (w/ brief bio, rare photos and sound clips) monthly. This month it's Charlie Parker -- next month John Coltrane. He also maintains an archive in case you're looking for biographical information on Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Lena Horne and Louis Armstrong. Beware of his dialog window prompts.

This sight enables you to view weekly performances from New York's Blue Note night club. In addition to the weekly concert, you can view previously recorded concerts by folks like Vic Juris, Mike Stern, Marcus Roberts, Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford and Betty Carter. Real video player required.

Jazzspot is much like a used record store - you really don't know what you'll find until you come inside. In addition to the music, they consider the art and photography of jazz, including reproductions of great album covers by Leo Meiersdorff, Buck Brown and John DeVries, photos by Hank O'Neal and original fine art by Nancy Ostrovsky. Jazz contributors include Jonathan Eig (Executive Editor of Chicago magazine and a jazz freelancer). They care about vinyl and promote small, independent CD labels. These labels, such as Chiaroscuro and Leaning House, still record music by excellent musicians for the best reason - because it should be recorded.

One great way to support All About Jazz is to try (and buy) the AAJ Guy's software. ScreenThemes is a wallpaper and screen saver program that sets a full-screen photographic image on your PC every day. We offer two stunning jazz collections (Jazz Noir 1 & 2) by The Bob Parent Archive. To view these images, go to the ScreenThemes home page and click on the CLASSICS category. It's great fun!

Jazz UK is a unique, unbiased and non-profit making website offering a free listing in the musician and band directories, together with gigs, festivals, venues and news. Tho' Jazz UK's roots are based in New Orleans jazz, all musicians are welcome to add their particular instrument, style and comments. Jazz UK is hosted by Brian Green the leader and drummer of the legendary 'New Orleans Stompers' band.

Jerry Jazz Musician celebrates the culture of jazz and mid-20th Century Americana through the eyes of "Jerry Jazz Musician", a fictitious character who is illustrated in the scenes and significant events of this golden era. For instance, he can be found at the Village Vanguard in 1961 taking in John Coltrane's historic performance; Chet Baker's Lighthouse concert in 1954; and at San Francisco's famed City Lights Book Store in 1954. The site is filled with black and white portraits, colorful images, products, interviews, recipes, quotes, quiz questions, sound samples...all relating to mid 20th-Century culture. Jerry Jazz Musician has made a commitment to the Jazz Foundation of America to donate a portion of each sale to the Jazz Musician's Emergency Fund, which is devoted to helping provide shelter, food and medicine to musicians in need. Visit now and help us support this worthy organization!

An offbeat bi-weekly 'zine featuring hundreds of in-depth rock and jazz features, reviews and interviews. Sound clips, pictures, biographies, links and oh, so much more. visit our cavernous, And don't forget to visit their climate-controlled archive, where hundreds of band interviews and music reviews age like fine wines.

The Art of Jazz Company was originated to offer jazz aficionados a unique array of quality art works on the subject of jazz. These sensitive and candid works capture the spirit and essence of jazz music and its makers. It is our pleasure to pay homage to the jazz musicians who have created America's most original art form.

The Green Mountain Jazz Messenger is the most comprehensive newsletter and calendar of jazz in the northeast USA. Each issue is jam-packed with informative articles, full-length interviews with jazz artists, and news on the jazz community. Add to the mix CD reviews, concert reviews, classifieds, jazz on the web, jazz birthdays, original jazz-inspired artwork, fiction and poetry, special theme issues... and the GMJM adds up to be a lot to offer. A comprehensive calendar section covers live jazz concerts, workshop opportunities, and ongoing events throughout the New England and New York area.

by guest DigiDay Site of the Day reviewer, Amber Morrison... I'm like totally not into jazz, and I like don't get it at all. But I think Miles Davis looked really cool when he got old. I saw how he looked on that "Tutu" album, and I was like, "Awesome--this dude would look sooooooooo cool in a Depeche Mode video. He looks like he just stepped out of a pyramid. He is like TOTALLY NOT FROM TARZANA." Miles Davis.com pays tribute to the late jazz trumpeter, who died in 1991. I don't understand what Miles Davis.com says about his music, but you could like not get into jazz at all and still think the pictures on the site are really bitchin'. And did you like check out his hair? Awesome!

If you ever wanted to create your own greatest hits CD, now's your chance. Go to CustomDisc.com, pick your tunes and they'll make it for you. Search by artist, song, and genre, or select from a variety of pre-made compilations which can be found in their style lounges. They've currently licensed more than 165,000 tracks from more than 80 record labels. More on the way!

It's a crime cocktail with a beatnik twist!

A new site for the best in jazz and blues artwork, discographies, musician bios, a jazz & blues chat room, and free subscriptions to the Jazz & Blues News. Mason Editions is now showing classic images of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, BB King, and John Coltrane. Their site was recently featured on Cnet, MSNBC, and PC Computing. If you decide to purchase one of their lithographic posters, let them know you found their site via AAJ.

Phil does a weekly Real Audio program of jazz from hard bop to free improvisation. Each show can be heard any time during the week. Give it a listen, his programming (which includes some punk) is eclectic to say the least.

Floating BRICK Studio has recently been granted the rights to reproduce classic Blue Note album cover art in multiple sizes. These beautiful fine art prints, including Coltrane's "Blue Train", Hank Mobley's "No Room for Squares", Sonny Clark's "Cool Struttin'", and others by Miles, Blakey, Jimmy Smith etc. are great for decorating any vintage jazz lovers pad and make great gifts, too. They are printed on 100% cotton watercolor paper and range in price from an affordable $50 to $350, all framed in black hardwood with UV protective acrylic. Don't forget to tell him that the cats at AAJ sent you!

Liquid Audio is the leading Internet software company focusing exclusively on the needs of the music industry. They develop technologies and services that enable artists and record labels to take advantage of exciting new opportunities on the web. With Liquid Audio products, consumers can preview music, then purchase it in digital form for instant download or order the CD for home delivery. They also employ state-of-the-art encryption and watermarking technology to protect artist's music from unauthorized use. If you're an independent artist, you owe it to yourself to check out their services.

A web magazine for Louisiana music, Zyde.com covers Cajun, Jazz, Blues, Zydeco, Rock and more. A calendar of events, bios, reviews, and articles make this a bookmark worthy site for Crescent city music fans.

The MPB Zone (Musica Popular Brasileira) is a new Brazilian music site. At it you will find information about bossa nova, samba, axe music, Brazilian jazz and leading figures in Brazilian music, from Pixinguinha, Tom Jobim and Sergio Mendes to Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown and Airto Moreira. There are links to Brazilian record labels, essays published on the Internet, and Brazilian musician home pages, as well as "Top Twenty Favorite Albums" lists by several renowned Brazilian music experts.

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