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Jazz Music Directory at Amazon
browse Jazz Music at Amazon

Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-A-Long Series: website
browse book & CD sets from Amazon
"How To Play Jazz & Improvise" (Vol. 1)
book & CD [6/88] for $15.90
"How To Learn Tunes: A Jazz Musician's Survival Guide" (Vol. 76) by David Baker
book & CD [6/2000] for $21.98

Totally Jazz Piano   "Totally Jazz Piano" [2003]
remastered classics by Art Tatum, Scott Joplin, Errol Garner, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Fats Waller & others
441 Records audio CD [9/2003] 2 disks for $19.98
Birth of Bebop   "1937-1945 Birth of Bebop" [2003]
by various artists

"four star rating" - Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times
Allegro/Jazz Legends music CD [5/2003] for $10.98
Greatest Jazz Concert in the World  "The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World" [1967]
live recording with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins & T-Bone Walker
Pablo audio CD [7/91] 3 disks for $29.98


Jazz  Books  &  Videos

Jazz by KBurns   "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns" [PBS miniseries Jan 2000]
PBS VHS [1/2001] for $129.88
PBS DVD [1/2001] 10 disks for $178.99
full credits from IMDb
Central Avenue Sounds  
"Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz In Los Angeles" [1998]
Edited by Clora Bryant

Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [12/99] for $13.97
Univ CA Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/98] out of print/used
Penguin Guide To Jazz   "The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings" [orig 1992]
by Richard Cook & Brian Morton

Penguin 9x6¾ pb [8th edition 11/2006] for $19.80
Penguin 9x7 pb [7th edition 9/2004] out of print/used
Penguin 9x7 pb [6th edition 4/2003] out of print/used

"The Black Music History of Los Angeles, It Roots: A Classical
Pictorial History of Black Music In L.A. From 1920-1970" [1992]
by Tom Reed, with photos by Howard Morehead & others
Black Accent on L.A. hardcover [10/92] out of print/used

Story of Jazz   "The Story of Jazz" [BMG Special 1991]
BMG b&w VHS [3/94] 6 tapes for $15.99
BMG b&w DVD [5/2002] for $12.99
BBWH   "Black Beauty, White Heat: A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz, 1920-1950" [1982]
by Frank Driggs & Harris Lewine

DaCapo Press 12x9 pb [3/96] for $24.50
Wm Morrow hardcover [12/82] out of print/used

browse jazz concerts on DVD at Amazon
browse jazz concerts on VHS at Amazon


Jazz  Artists

Louis Armstrong
Essentials • concerts on VHS • Jazz Legends CD [4/2003] • biography [7/97]

Chet Baker: Essentials • Verve Definitive audio CD

Count Basie: Essentials • concerts on VHS • autobiography [1/86]

cornetist Bix Beiderbecke [1903-31]
Jazz Legends CD [9/2003] • "Private Astronomy" tribute CD [9/2003]

Society website
AH's fansite

trumpeter Bunny Berigan: Jazz Legends CD [7/2003]

Art Blakey: Essentials

Dave Brubeck: Essentials • browse music Take 5

Cab Calloway & Orchestra: Jazz Legends CD [3/2003]

alto saxophonist Benny Carter [1907-2003]
browse music • official website • Rutgers site

violinist Regina Carter: browse music

Nat 'King' Cole: Essentials • Verve Definitive audio CD

saxophonist Ornette Coleman: Essentials

Buddy Collette: browse music

John Coltrane
[ "Martinis taste like John Coltrane sounds." — Robert B. Parker ]
Essentials • browse music • concerts on VHS • concerts on DVD

biography [1/98]

Miles Davis
Essentials • browse music • concerts on VHS • concerts on DVD

Paul Desmond: browse music

jazz guitarist Ted Dunbar [1937-98]

saxophonist Teddy Edwards [1924-2003]: browse music

Duke Ellington: Essentials • official website
browse music • concerts on VHS • concerts on DVD

saxist/teacher Bruce Eskovitz: browse music

pianist Bill Evans {"is like a god in Japan"}
Essentials

trumpeter-bandleader Maynard Ferguson [1928-2006]
browse recordings • Wikipedia

Ella Fitzgerald [1917-96]
Essentials • Jazz Legends CD [3/2003] • JM's fansite

George Gershwin: Essentials • browse music • Broadway credits   Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' [1924] midi file [16 minutes long!]

Stan Getz: Essentials • Verve Definitive audio CD

saxophonist Benny Golson: browse music

Benny Goodman
Essentials • Jazz Legends CD [4/2003] • free online radio programs

saxophonist Dexter Gordon [1923-90]
browse music • biography • videos/DVDs • credits at IMDb

Wardell Gray: browse music

pianist John Hammond: browse music

Coleman Hawkins 'King of the Tenor Sax'
browse music

pianist Earl 'Fatha' Hines: browse music

Billie Holiday [1915-59]
Essentials • concerts on DVD • concerts on VHS • 'Quintessential' audio CDs • movie credits

Billie Holiday / Ultimate  
"Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection" [2005]
42 songs on 2 CDs and 17 audio & video tracks on DVD
Hip-O Records digi-pak [4/2005] for $35.99

singer Alberta Hunter [1895-1984]
browse music • bio [1987] • "My Castle's Rockin'" docu-film: VHS | DVD • credits at IMDb

jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal: browse music

Elvin Jones [-2004]: browse music
Hank Jones: browse music
Thad Jones [-1986]: browse music

Diana Krall: browse music

Ramsay Lewis: browse music

saxophonist Charles Lloyd: browse music

Bennie Maupin's 'Chamber Jazz': browse music

Charles Mingus: Essentials • browse music • concerts on VHS

Thelonious Monk
Essentials • browse music • concerts on VHS • concerts on DVD

tenor saxophonist James Moody: browse music

King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band
browse music

trombonist Edward 'Kid' Ory [1886-1973]: browse music

Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Essentials • browse music
concerts on VHS • concerts on DVD

Charlie Parker Festival & Block Party [August 2007 = #14] in New York City
biography [11/96]

Art Pepper [1925-82]: browse music • auto-bio "Straight Life"

Oscar Peterson {Trio}: browse music

Bud Powell: Verve Definitive audio CD • biography [4/98]

saxophonist 'Boots' Randolph [d. 2007]

guitarist Django Reinhardt [1910-53]
browse music

bio by Dregni [11/2004] • 1961 bio by Delauney
French fansite • Franηois's fansite

drummer Max Roach [d. 2007]

saxophonist Sam Rivers: browse music

pianist Joe Sample: browse music

Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
browse recordings • official website

"Concert In The Garden" {winner 2004 Grammy} limited edition CD offer

alto saxophonist Bud Shank: browse music

Artie Shaw 'King of the Clarinet' [1910-2004]
browse music • books & bios • free online radio program • credits at IMDb

Jazz Legends CD [5/2003]

saxophonist Wayne Shorter: browse music

Bessie Smith: Essentials

Art Tatum: Jazz Legends CD [5/2003]

Mel Torme: Essentials

Sarah Vaughn: Essentials • Verve Definitive audio CD

Gerald Wilson: browse music

saxophonist Lester Young: Jazz Legends CD [7/2003]




saxophone entry at Wikipedia
History of the Saxophone
KG's 'playing the saxophone' site

Saxophone  Dept.

Giants of Blues & Funk Tenor Sax   "Giants of The Blues Tenor Sax / Giants of The Funk Tenor Sax"
by various artists, including Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt
Prestige audio CD [11/91] 3 disks for $29.98
Saxophone by Philip Glass   "Saxophone" [2002]
by Philip Glass

Orange Mountain audio CD [11/2002] for $17.99
album webpage


Woodwind & Brasswind: Lowest prices on musical instruments guaranteed - Saxophone Department


Jazz  Links

RedHot Jazz Archives
Jazz Roots website
New Jersey Jazz Society
New Mexico Jazz Calendar
Madison [WI] Jazz Society
Puget Sound [WA] Traditional Jazz Society
JD's 'Intl Saxophone HomePage'
Sax WebRing
All About Jazz website
Jazz Professional [dot] com
Jazz Entertainment Foundation
Peters at the Atrium Centre {dining & jazz} in Rancho Mirage, CA

Los Angeles [CA] Jazz Society
Pasadena [CA] Jazz Institute [est. 2000]
Jazz Bakery Nightclub, in Culver City CA
Steamers Jazz Club & Cafe in Fullerton, CA
Clancy's Crabshack in Glendale, CA
Baked Potato in Studio City, CA
Los Angeles [CA] Jazz Reporter {performance listings}

Morro Bay [CA] Jazzuary Festival [January]
New Orleans [LA] Jazz & Heritage Festival [April-May 2004 = #35]
Sacramento [CA] Jazz Jubilee [May 2003 = #30]
Newport Beach [CA] Jazz Festival [May]
Jazz Aspen Snowmass Summer Festival [est. 1991] in Aspen, CO
Newport Beach [CA] Summer Jazz Series [Fridays June-Oct 2004]
Mammoth Lakes CA Jazz Jubilee [#15 = July 2003]

Jazz In The Pines Festival [August] in Idyllwild, CA
Monterey [CA] Jazz Festival [Sept 2003 = #46]


Dixieland  Jazz  Dept.

New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz Compilations at Amazon
browse New Orleans Jazz Music at Amazon

Original Dixieland Jazz Band® [est. 1916] of New Orleans, LA
Vancouver [BC Canada] Dixieland Jazz Society
Dukes of Dixieland band
Firehouse Five Plus Two
Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Pismo Beach [CA] Dixieland Jazz Festival [Feb 2003 = #24]
Oregon Dixieland Jubilee [Feb]
San Clemente [CA] 'Dixieland By The Sea' Festival [May]
San Diego [CA] Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival [Nov 2006 = #27]


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