Jazz Headquarters

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Home

The companion Web site to the latest production by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, JAZZ celebrates America's greatest original art form.1 point

All About Jazz | Jazz Music, Clubs and Culture

Offers monthly columns, active chat forum, and browsable archive including artists' profiles, photos, gigs, festivals, news, reviews, and interviews.1 point

Jazz Online

Reviews, FAQs, video interviews, bulletin board, audio and video clips, artist interviews, archives.1 point

A Passion for Jazz! Music History and Education

History of Jazz music origins, styles and musicians featuring timeline, photos, festivals, glossary, guitar & piano chords, scales & online lessons.1 point

The Red Hot Jazz Archive

A history of Jazz before 1930. This site contains over 2000 songs from this era in Real Audio 3 format, as well as hundreds of biographies and discographies ...1 point

Jazz | JazzReview.com Magazine is your complete guide to Jazz ...

Since 1997 JAZZREVIEW.COM has been your jazz music connection to reviews of the hottest new jazz releases and so much more. JAZZREVIEW.1 point

Smithsonian Jazz - A Jazz portal intended to preserve and promote one of America's greatest art forms - Jazz

Jazz portal for Smithsonian Institution. Information on jazz exhibits, events, and concerts. Jazz education and classes on Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, and Louis Armstrong. Jazz history resources from National Museum of American History. Multimedia search for jazz performances, ora...1 point

A Jazz Anthology MP3 Choose listen download 17162 tunes jazz artists

jazz 78RPM records format MP30 points

Microsoft zune

Playzune.net provides free software, video and movie downloads for Microsoft Zune player.0 points

Who is Jamie Cullum?

Brilliant. How else can you define Jamie. I stumbl more...0 points

Brilliant. How else can you define Jamie. I stumbled upon his music on itunes in a free download in 2006 and haven't stopped listening s...0 points

Etta James

Etta James is an American blues, soul, R&B, an more...0 points

Etta James is an American blues, soul, R&B, and jazz singer and songwriter.0 points

Trombone Players

Profiles, Interviews, Videos, and Personal Observa more...0 points

Profiles, Interviews, Videos, and Personal Observations about Trombone Players. Great Trombone T-Shirts, CD's and Gifts for Musicians. Humo...0 points

Diana Krall

Diana Krall is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer.0 points

Vote your favorite New Orleans | Louisiana Bands & Musicians to the top

The definition of what constitutes music varies ac more...0 points

The definition of what constitutes music varies according to culture and social context.In New Orleans,  the birthplace of Jazz, Mardi ...0 points

SUPERBATONE RECORDS

SUPERBATONE CDs shine the coherent light on a wide more...0 points

SUPERBATONE CDs shine the coherent light on a wide variety of historic music and entertainment ranging in time from the very dawn of recordi...0 points

Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandle more...0 points

Buddy Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.0 points

How to Play Jazz Guitar

I strive to make this site a collection of the bes more...0 points

I strive to make this site a collection of the best content which will allow you to learn jazz in the most efficient, fun and practical way....0 points

The Talking Machine

victrola (plural victrolas)
In common usage, any upright more...0 points

victrola (plural victrolas)
In common usage, any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet bo...0 points

Al Bowlly

Albert Allick 'Al' Bowlly

(January 7, 1897/1899(?)-April more...0 points

Albert Allick 'Al' Bowlly

(January 7, 1897/1899(?)-April 17, 1941)
was a popular singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, ...0 points

Crooners and Songbirds

The Jazz Age! Tin Pan Alley!! The Great White Way!!! 
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The Jazz Age! Tin Pan Alley!! The Great White Way!!! 

croon    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (krn) v. crooned, ...0 points

June Christy

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The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age describes
the period from 1918-1929,
the more...0 points

The Jazz Age describes
the period from 1918-1929,
the years between the end
of World War I and the start
of the Roaring Twenties;
endin...0 points

Seger Ellis

Background information
Born: c. 1940 Houston, Texas
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Background information
Born: c. 1940 Houston, Texas
Died: 1995, Houston, Texas Genre(s): Jazz Instrument(s): Voice, Piano

 
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Chris Botti

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Zoot Sims

Zoot Sims was an American jazz tenor saxophonist a more...0 points

Zoot Sims was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist.0 points

Vintage Sheet Music

A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEET MUSIC
People have always loved more...0 points

A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEET MUSIC
People have always loved music. It is said that almost anywhere one goes in the world, there will be som...0 points

John Coltrane

John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and more...0 points

John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.0 points

Red Hot Jazz

JAZZ
-noun

1. music originating in New Orleans around more...0 points

JAZZ
-noun

1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various incr...0 points

Josephine Baker

Background information

Birth name Freda Josephine more...0 points

Background information

Birth name Freda Josephine Carson
Born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri
Died April 12, 1975, Paris, France
Gen...0 points

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was an American jazz composer, pian more...0 points

Duke Ellington was an American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader.0 points

Jane Green

Jane Green
(2 January 1897 - 28 August 1931)
was a more...0 points

Jane Green
(2 January 1897 - 28 August 1931)
was a United States singer popular
in the 1920s.
Green was born in Kentucky as Martha Jan...0 points

Mardi Gras Music

Music and Mardi Gras go hand in hand.  This lens more...0 points

Music and Mardi Gras go hand in hand.  This lens lists the top Mardi Gras songs of all time.  Check them out, download them, burn ...0 points

Count Basie

Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist more...0 points

Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.0 points

Jill Scott

Jill Scott is an American R&B, soul, and jazz more...0 points

Jill Scott is an American R&B, soul, and jazz singer.0 points

Stan Getz

Stan Getz, was an American jazz musician ans saxop more...0 points

Stan Getz, was an American jazz musician ans saxophone player.0 points

Chris Botti

Chris Botti is a jazz trumpeter and composer.0 points

Jazz Saxophone And Music

Let's Talk Jazz And Music In General.....After All more...0 points

Let's Talk Jazz And Music In General.....After All, It "Is" One Of Life's Great Pleasures.0 points

Sade

Sade is a Nigerian-born English soul, jazz, R& more...0 points

Sade is a Nigerian-born English soul, jazz, R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer.0 points

The Sacramento Jazz Festival

Every Memorial Day Weekend since 1974, Old Sacrame more...0 points

Every Memorial Day Weekend since 1974, Old Sacramento and other downtown venues have drawn a horde of jazz fans to the Sacramento Jazz Jubil...0 points

Nancy Wilson

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Women Guitar Players

Welcome! I have a general guitar playing lens, Gui more...0 points

Welcome! I have a general guitar playing lens, Guitar Lessons for Kids to Adults, Playing, Gear and Semi-Pro Gigging. but have branched ou...0 points

Whispering Jack Smith

Jack Smith (31 May 1898 in New York City - 13 May more...0 points

Jack Smith (31 May 1898 in New York City - 13 May 1950 in New York City) was known as "Whispering" Jack Smith and was a popular b...0 points

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby
Born on May 3, more...0 points

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby
Born on May 3, 1903, was an
American popular singer and
actor whose career lasted
until his death on
Octob...0 points

Carole King

Carole King is an American jazz singer, songwriter more...0 points

Carole King is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist.0 points

Bix Beiderbecke

Birth name: Leon Bismark Beiderbecke
Born: March 10. more...0 points

Birth name: Leon Bismark Beiderbecke
Born: March 10. 1903
Origin: Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Died: August 6, 1931 (aged 28)
Genre(s): Ja...0 points

The Great Lee Morgan

Born July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Lee Morgan was more...0 points

Born July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Lee Morgan was arguably the greatest trumpet player ever recorded. Turning some of the greatest heads in...0 points

Great Jazz Artists Past and Present

Jazz is one of the many great influences of Americ more...0 points

Jazz is one of the many great influences of American music! Jazz is one of my favourite styles to listen to, to sing with and to relax...0 points

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer.0 points

FREE MP3 MUSIC DOWNLOADS - THE ULTIMATE MUSIC SEARCH ENGINE

For The Ultimate Music Search Engine visit www.Tuzic.com
more...0 points

For The Ultimate Music Search Engine visit www.Tuzic.com
where there's over 7,000,000 songs to choose from, you can embed your search, you...0 points

Smith Ballew

Date of Birth: 21 January 1902, Palestine, Texas
Date more...0 points

Date of Birth: 21 January 1902, Palestine, Texas
Date of Death: 2 May 1984, Longview, Texas
One of the finest singers of the Crooner era, ...0 points

Ethel Waters

Background information:
Born October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) more...0 points

Background information:
Born October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) Chester, Pennsylvania, USADied September 1, 1977 (aged 80)Chatsworth, California,...0 points

Miles Davis

Miles Davis  was an American jazz musician, trump more...0 points

Miles Davis  was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer.0 points

Al Bowlly

AL BOWLLY WAS THE GREATEST SINGER THAT EVER LIVED.0 points

ON THIS DAY in JAZZ AGE MUSIC

* THE ROARING TWENTIES! *

* TIN PAN ALLEY! *

*PROHIBITION! more...0 points

* THE ROARING TWENTIES! *

* TIN PAN ALLEY! *

*PROHIBITION! *

* RED HOT JAZZ! *

Grab Yourself some Moonshine and c'mon In!FEATUR...0 points

Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophoni more...0 points

Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor.0 points

Fats Waller

Background Information

Birth name: Thomas Wright Waller
more...0 points

Background Information

Birth name: Thomas Wright Waller
Born: 21 May 1904
Origin: New York City
Died: 15 December 1943 (aged 39)
Genr...0 points

nujazz

as always jazz has a way of taking up new things, more...0 points

as always jazz has a way of taking up new things, new ways, new instrumentationnujazz is jazz with a hefty dose of electronica and a suitabl...0 points

Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan  was an American jazz saxophonist, more...0 points

Gerry Mulligan  was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.0 points

Robben Ford

Robben Ford  is an American blues, jazz and rock more...0 points

Robben Ford  is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.0 points

Ella Fitzgerald

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B.B. King

B.B. King is an American blues guitarist and singe more...0 points

B.B. King is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.0 points

Mound City Blue Blowers

The Mound City Blowers were an unlikely success. O more...0 points

The Mound City Blowers were an unlikely success. Originally comprised of Red McKenzie on comb and tissue paper (which sounded like a kazoo),...0 points

Elsie Carlisle

Originally from Manchester, Elsie became extremely more...0 points

Originally from Manchester, Elsie became extremely popular during the 1920s and 30s, recording with many of the big dance bands of the time,...0 points

Acid Jazz

Acid jazz (also known as club jazz) is a musical g more...0 points

Acid jazz (also known as club jazz) is a musical genre that combines elements of soul music, funk, disco, particularly looping beats and mod...0 points

Sophie Tucker

Birth name Sonia Kalish
Born January 13, 1884
Origin more...0 points

Birth name Sonia Kalish
Born January 13, 1884
Origin Czarist Russia
Died February 9, 1966
Genre(s) Jazz vaudeville
Occupation(s) S...0 points

Annette Hanshaw

Birth name Annette Hanshaw
Born October 18, 1901
Origin more...0 points

Birth name Annette Hanshaw
Born October 18, 1901
Origin USA
Died March 13, 1985
Genre(s)Jazz
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) V...0 points

The Jumping Flea

The ukulele (Hawaiian: ukulele, IPA pronunciation: more...0 points

The ukulele (Hawaiian: ukulele, IPA pronunciation: ukulele, sometimes spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or uke, is a chordophone clas...0 points

Vince Guaraldi: Charlie Brown and Beyond

Vince Guaraldi was the composer for Charles Schulz more...0 points

Vince Guaraldi was the composer for Charles Schulz's Peanuts television specials, but did you know he wrote a lot of other great jazz piece...0 points

Jan Garbarek

Jan Garbarek rose to fame in the mid-1970s playin more...0 points

Jan Garbarek rose to fame in the mid-1970s playing post-bop jazz in Keith Jarrett's successful "European Quartet". Further s...0 points

Guitar Lessons for Kids to Adults, Playing, Gear and Semi-Pro Gigging

Tips on gear, instructional material, instruments, more...0 points

Tips on gear, instructional material, instruments, PA equipment for small groups, must-hear music, and opportunities for you to comment and ...0 points

Joe Zawinul

Joe Zawinul  was an Austrian jazz keyboardist and more...0 points

Joe Zawinul  was an Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer.0 points

Nat Gonella

NAT GONELLA
Born: March 7, 1908 in London, England
more...0 points

NAT GONELLA
Born: March 7, 1908 in London, England
Died: August 6, 1998
Genres: Hot Jazz, British Dance Band, Dixieland
Instruments: Tru...0 points

Cliff Edwards aka "Ukulele Ike"

Cliff Edwards Background information: Birth name more...0 points

Cliff Edwards Background information: Birth name Clifton A. EdwardsAlso known as "Ukelele Ike" Born 14 June 1895 Or...0 points

Jazz

Jazz - The music that is constantly evolving, and more...0 points

Jazz - The music that is constantly evolving, and that encompasses many diverse directions. Most people either LOVE jazz, or then they don'...0 points

Billy Higgins - Drummer

To say that Billy Higgins played with everyone in more...0 points

To say that Billy Higgins played with everyone in jazz during the second half of the twentieth century is not really an exaggeration and whe...0 points

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock is an American jazz pianist and com more...0 points

Herbie Hancock is an American jazz pianist and composer.0 points

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones is an American jazz music impresario, more...0 points

Quincy Jones is an American jazz music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and jazz trumpeter.0 points

Ruth Etting

         Ruth Etting on the cover ofRadio more...0 points

         Ruth Etting on the cover ofRadio Mirror magazine, June 1932. Ruth Etting (Novembe...0 points

Peggy Lee

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10 Jazz CDs that should be in every music lover's collection

Hello, music fans!I've picked out, for your listen more...0 points

Hello, music fans!I've picked out, for your listening pleasure, ten essential jazz albums, as an easy introduction to the wide world of jaz...0 points

music contracts

Music Contracts the Easy Way
by: Ty Cohen

 
Were more...0 points

Music Contracts the Easy Way
by: Ty Cohen

 
Were you aware that you don't
have to be a lawyer to write or create your own

...0 points

Russ Columbo

Ruggero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo (January 14, 19 more...0 points

Ruggero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo (January 14, 1908-September 2, 1934), better known by the name Russ Columbo, was an American singer...0 points

Guitar Theory In Depth

Why learn guitar theory?

Why spend all that precious more...0 points

Why learn guitar theory?

Why spend all that precious time trying to master the guitar fretboard, if this is -or seems to be- such a hassl...0 points

Rudy Van Gelder

Say what you will about Rudy Van Gelder, but the jazz more...0 points

Say what you will about Rudy Van Gelder, but the jazz world, and thus the world at large, wouldn't be the same without him.

He recognize...0 points

Faith Hill Ringtones

Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally as more...0 points

Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commer...0 points

Billie Holiday

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Miles Davis

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Duke Ellington

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LARRY CARLTON HOT JAZZ FUSION GUITARIST

Hello Jazz Fusion Fans! Swims here! Below you will more...0 points

Hello Jazz Fusion Fans! Swims here! Below you will read about a most fantastic jazz/blues/rock guitarist Larry Carlton, whom I have had the ...0 points

Libby Holman

Libby Holman was an
American torch singer
and stage more...0 points

Libby Holman was an
American torch singer
and stage actress who
was, in her time,
considered both a
scandalous tarnished
lady and a tr...0 points

The Crusaders

The Crusaders are an American jazz and soul music more...0 points

The Crusaders are an American jazz and soul music group.0 points

Oscar Levant

OSCAR LEVANT (Dec. 27, 1906 - Aug. 14, 1972) Ameri more...0 points

OSCAR LEVANT (Dec. 27, 1906 - Aug. 14, 1972) American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was famous for his mordant characte...0 points

Nina Simone

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Great Jazz Music

Here are some great Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong more...0 points

Here are some great Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong as well as new ones in the making.

Jazz originated in the United States in the begi...0 points

The Brilliant Musical Style of Nhojj's SOUL COMFORT

The music on Nhojj's vintage-styled Soul Comfort C more...0 points

The music on Nhojj's vintage-styled Soul Comfort CD provided great company for my own soul throughout the summer of 2008 and I'm looking f...0 points

Louis Armstrong

 Birth Name 
Louis Daniel ArmstrongAlso known as more...0 points

 Birth Name 
Louis Daniel ArmstrongAlso known as Satchmo, PopsBorn August 4, 1901 New Orleans, Louisiana, USADied July...0 points

Grupo Ban Rarra - Music and Dance From Guantanamo Cuba

Grupo Bán Rarra was formed in 1994 by Isaias Roja more...0 points

Grupo Bán Rarra was formed in 1994 by Isaias Rojas Ramirez. He is the groups choreographer, researcher and also a musician and dancer...0 points

Jamie Cullum Video Showcase

Here is a collection of Jamie videos, live perform more...0 points

Here is a collection of Jamie videos, live performances, interviews, and misc. stuff. Enjoy! http://www.squidoo.com/artistdirect..jamie...0 points

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker was an American jazz saxophonist an more...0 points

Charlie Parker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.0 points

Dannie Richmond - Drummer

If you and Charles Mingus are gonna team up as the more...0 points

If you and Charles Mingus are gonna team up as the rhythm section in his band, it's really gonna help you, if you happen to be Dannie Richm...0 points

Sun Ra

30-odd abuse alabama arkestra asserted birmingham more...0 points

30-odd abuse alabama arkestra asserted birmingham birth blount born claiming composer cosmic developed electronic ensemble entire eschewed e...0 points

Jamie Cullum

British pianist/vocalist Jamie Cullum mixes jazz w more...0 points

British pianist/vocalist Jamie Cullum mixes jazz with melodic pop and rock into a crossover style that calls to mind such artists as Harry C...0 points

The Boswell Sisters

The Boswell Sisterswere a close harmonysinging gro more...0 points

The Boswell Sisterswere a close harmonysinging group that attainednational prominence in theUSA in the 1930s. Sisters Martha Boswell (June 9...0 points

Toots Thielemans

...though you may not have known his name.

A guitarist more...0 points

...though you may not have known his name.

A guitarist and whistler who has played with some of the top artists in the music business, To...0 points

Barney Kessel

Jazz guitarist Barney Kessel was a regular with Os more...0 points

Jazz guitarist Barney Kessel was a regular with Oscar Peterson, but teamed with many other greats including Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Ju...0 points

The Frisky Frolics

       About The Frisky Frolics This wily, more...0 points

       About The Frisky Frolics This wily, five-piece, ukulele-driven troupe specializes in long-for...0 points

Jazz Headquarters

From New Orleans Jazz to Acid Jazz.0 points

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was more than a band. more...0 points

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was more than a band. It was an academy.

The list of great musicians who played with Art Blakey's Jazz Mes...0 points

Helen Kane

Helen Kane (August 4, 1904, - September 26, 1966)
was more...0 points

Helen Kane (August 4, 1904, - September 26, 1966)
was an American popular singer, best known for her
"boop-boop-a-doop" trademark and he...0 points