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Jazz Music Directory at Amazon
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Jamey Aebersold Jazz Play-A-Long Series: website
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"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
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"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 |
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"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 |
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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
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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
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"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 |
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"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 |
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Jazz Artists
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Louis Armstrong
Essentials concerts on VHS
Jazz Legends CD [4/2003]
biography [7/97]
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Chet Baker: Essentials Verve Definitive audio CD
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Count Basie: Essentials concerts on VHS autobiography [1/86]
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cornetist Bix Beiderbecke [1903-31]
Jazz Legends CD [9/2003]
"Private Astronomy" tribute CD [9/2003]
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trumpeter Bunny Berigan: Jazz Legends CD [7/2003]
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Art Blakey: Essentials
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Dave Brubeck: Essentials browse music
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Cab Calloway & Orchestra: Jazz Legends CD [3/2003]
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alto saxophonist Benny Carter [1907-2003]
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official website
Rutgers site
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violinist Regina Carter: browse music
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Nat 'King' Cole: Essentials Verve Definitive audio CD
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saxophonist Ornette Coleman: Essentials
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Buddy Collette: browse music
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John Coltrane
[ "Martinis taste like John Coltrane sounds." — Robert B. Parker ]
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Miles Davis
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Paul Desmond: browse music
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jazz guitarist Ted Dunbar [1937-98]
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saxophonist Teddy Edwards [1924-2003]: browse music
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Duke Ellington: Essentials
official website
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saxist/teacher Bruce Eskovitz: browse music
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pianist Bill Evans {"is like a god in Japan"}
Essentials
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trumpeter-bandleader Maynard Ferguson [1928-2006]
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Wikipedia
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Ella Fitzgerald [1917-96]
Essentials
Jazz Legends CD [3/2003]
JM's fansite
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George Gershwin: Essentials browse music
Broadway credits
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Stan Getz: Essentials Verve Definitive audio CD
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saxophonist Benny Golson: browse music
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Benny Goodman
Essentials
Jazz Legends CD [4/2003]
free online radio programs
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saxophonist Dexter Gordon [1923-90]
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biography
videos/DVDs
credits at IMDb
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Wardell Gray: browse music
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pianist John Hammond: browse music
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Coleman Hawkins 'King of the Tenor Sax'
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pianist Earl 'Fatha' Hines: browse music
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Billie Holiday [1915-59]
Essentials concerts on DVD concerts on VHS 'Quintessential' audio CDs
movie credits
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"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]
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bio [1987]
"My Castle's Rockin'" docu-film:
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DVD
credits at IMDb
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jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal: browse music
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Elvin Jones [-2004]: browse music
Hank Jones: browse music
Thad Jones [-1986]: browse music
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Diana Krall: browse music
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Ramsay Lewis: browse music
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saxophonist Charles Lloyd: browse music
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Bennie Maupin's 'Chamber Jazz': browse music
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Charles Mingus: Essentials browse music concerts on VHS
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Thelonious Monk
Essentials
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tenor saxophonist James Moody: browse music
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King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band
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trombonist Edward 'Kid' Ory [1886-1973]: browse music
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Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Essentials
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concerts on VHS
concerts on DVD
Charlie Parker Festival & Block Party [August 2007 = #14] in New York City
biography [11/96]
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Art Pepper [1925-82]: browse music auto-bio "Straight Life"
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Oscar Peterson {Trio}: browse music
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Bud Powell: Verve Definitive audio CD biography [4/98]
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saxophonist 'Boots' Randolph [d. 2007]
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guitarist Django Reinhardt [1910-53]
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bio by Dregni [11/2004]
1961 bio by Delauney
French fansite
Franηois's fansite
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drummer Max Roach [d. 2007]
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saxophonist Sam Rivers: browse music
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pianist Joe Sample: browse music
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Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
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official website
"Concert In The Garden" {winner 2004 Grammy} limited edition CD offer
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alto saxophonist Bud Shank: browse music
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Artie Shaw 'King of the Clarinet' [1910-2004]
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books & bios
free online radio program
credits at IMDb
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saxophonist Wayne Shorter: browse music
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Bessie Smith: Essentials
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Art Tatum: Jazz Legends CD [5/2003]
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Mel Torme: Essentials
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Sarah Vaughn: Essentials Verve Definitive audio CD
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Gerald Wilson: browse music
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saxophonist Lester Young: Jazz Legends CD [7/2003]
saxophone entry at Wikipedia
History of the Saxophone
KG's 'playing the saxophone' site
Saxophone Dept.
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"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 |
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"Saxophone" [2002] by Philip Glass Orange Mountain audio CD [11/2002] for $17.99 album webpage |
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]](images/MammothJazzJubilee.gif)
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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