America's  Music
Information on the many and diverse musical traditions of America,| topical pages:
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General  &  Genre  Topics
African American Sheet Music 1850-1920
Musica de la Frontera: Arhoolie Archives at U.C.L.A.
Museum of Making Music, in Carlsbad, CA
"The American Rag": traditional jazz & ragtime newspaper
FestivalFinder: Music Festivals in North America
U.S. National Recording Registry [est.2000]
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"The Black 100: A Ranking of The Most Influential African-Americans, Past and Present" [orig 1993, rev 1998] by Colombus Salley Beyond the obvious – Martin Luther King, Jr. #1 & Frederick Douglass #2 – Afro-American artists & entertainers who made this list include Paul Robeson #24, Langston Hughes #34, Alex Haley #48, James Baldwin #49, Richard Wright #50, Zora Neale Hurston #52, Bill Cosby #62, Duke Ellington #67, Louis Armstrong #68, Toni Morrison #73, Lorraine Hansberry #77, Oscar Micheaux #81, Maya Angelou #85, Dick Gregory #88, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis #91, Harry Belafonte #92 & Marian Anderson #94 Citadel Press 9x6 pb [rev 1/98] for $18.21 Citadel Press hardcover [2/93] out of print/used |
  | "The Cambridge History of American Music" [1999] Edited by David Nicholls Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $36.22 Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [1/99] for $120.00 |
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"Guitar: An American Life" [2005] by Tim Brookes Atlantic Monthly Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2005] for $16.32 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [5/2005] priced for rental market Blackstone UNABR audio [5/2005] priced for rental market |
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Gospel  Music
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"The Gospel Sound: Good News & Bad Times" [1971] by Anthony Heilbut Limelight pb [25th Anniv Edition] for $13.60 S&S hardcover [11/71] out of print/used |
Hawaiian  &  Slack  Key  Music
Essential Hawai'ian Music category at Amazon
Keola Beamer
Cecilio & Kapono
Don Ho
Harry Owens & His Orchestra
Gabby Pahinui & Family
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Jukeboxes
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Barbershop  Quartets
Sweet Adelines Intl. [est. 1945]
Cajun  &  Zydeco  Music
Essential Cajun & Zydeco Music category at Amazon
Native  American  Music
Native American Music Awards
The  Big  Bands  &  Swing
Art Deco and his Society Orchestra {based in Los Angeles, CA}
Mark Copeland with The Pat Longo Orchestra
Royal Crown Revue swing band [est. 1989]
Essential Swing Music category at Amazon
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'Big Bad Voodoo Daddy' Swing Band: browse music
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Count Basie & Orchestra
Essentials
concerts on VHS
autobiography [1/86]
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Cab Calloway & Orchestra: Jazz Legends CD [3/2003]
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Frankie Carle: browse music
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Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra (based in Southern California)
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra: browse music
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Duke Ellington & Orchestra:
Essentials
official website
browse music
concerts on VHS
concerts on DVD
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Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra: browse music
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Benny Goodman & Orchestra:
Essentials
Jazz Legends CD [4/2003]
free online radio programs
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Gordon Goodwin's 'Big Phat Band' [est. 2000]
browse music
official website
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Fletcher Henderson [1897-1952]: browse music new book [1/2005]
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Woody Herman & 'The Thundering Herd': browse music
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Stan Kenton Band: browse music
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Kay Kyser & His Orchestra: browse music
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Jimmie Lunceford Big Band: browse music
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Glenn Miller & Orchestra: Essentials
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Larry Wheeler Big Band
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Big Bands Database
free online big band radio programs
San Diego [CA] Swings
Southern California Swing Info
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"The Big Bands" [1967] by George T. Simon S&S 9.6x6¼ pb [11/81] out of print/used Schirmer Books hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used |
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"The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Bands" [1972] by Leo Walker DaCapo Press 11x8½ pb [4/90] for $22.5 Doubleday hardcover [6/72] out of print/used |
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"The Big Band Almanac" [1989] by Leo Walker DaCapo Press 10x7 pb [5/89] for $16.10 |
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"Jazz Legends: The Big Bands, Volume 1 - The Soundies" [2007]
Storyville Films color/b&w DVD [7/2007] for $14.49 not listed on IMDb "Jazz Legends: The Big Bands, Volume 2 - The Soundies" [2007] Storyville Films color/b&w DVD [10/2007] for $14.49 not listed on IMDb more on Soundies [1940-46] on Magic Lantern's Distribution & Exhibition Page |
Ragtime  
Colin D. MacDonald's Ragtime website
Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival & Institute
Orange County [CA] RagFest [Oct 2004 = #5]
West Coast Ragtime Society
West Coast Ragtime Festival [Nov 2004 = #18] in Sacramento, CA
Sutter Creek [CA] Ragtime Festival [Aug 2004 = #6]
Doc Wilson's Ragtime MIDI Files
Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra [est. 1986]
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pianist Eubie Blake [1883-1983]
browse music
credits on Broadway
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Scott Joplin [1868-1917]: browse music fansite
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'Jelly Roll' Morton
browse music
Jazz Legends CD [5/2003]
The  Blues  and  R & B
2003 was "The Year of the Blues"
Temple of Blues [chat room/forum]
Harvelle's in Santa Monica CA [est. 1931]
David Nathan's Soul Music [dot] com
Club Rhythm & Blues in Albuquerque, NM
WilLee's Blues Club in Santa Fe, NM
listing of New Mexico Blues Festivals
Doheny Blues Festival [May 2010 = #13] at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA
Essential Blues Music category at Amazon
Essential R&B Music category at Amazon
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Buddy Guy: browse music
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Albert King: browse music
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Son Seals [1942-2004]: browse music
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Joss Stone
browse music
record label's webpage
official website
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Muddy Waters: browse music
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Junior Wells: browse music
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Sonny Boy Williamson {real name Rice Miller}
browse music
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Howlin' Wolf {real name Chester Arthur Burnett}
browse music
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1991
"Howlin' Wolf Story" on DVD [11/2003] for $16.99
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"Lightning In A Bottle: A One-Night History of the Blues" [Vulcan/Sony Oct 2004] Directed by Antoine Fuqua at the historic 'Salute to the Blues' concert at Radio City Music Hall in February 2003 video not yet available; full credits from IMDb Sony Classics official movie webpage Sony soundtrack CD [9/2004] 2 discs for $19.98 |
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"Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey" [aired Sept-Oct 2003] Produced for PBS by Martin Scorsese Sony color DVD [10/2003] 7 disks for $97.99 Sony color VHS box set [10/2003] 7 tapes for $119.98 Hip-O Records audio CD set [9/2003] 5 disks for $55.98 full credits from IMDb JK's unofficial fansite series page official PBS series website companion book by Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Helen George Warren & Christopher John Farley Amistad Press hardcover [9/2003] for $19.57 |
Artist Compilations from Scorsese's "The Blues"
Allman Brothers:
Mercury/Universal audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Eric Clapton:
Polydor audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Jimi Hendrix:
MCA audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Son House:
Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Robert Johnson:
Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
B.B. King:
MCA audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
J.B. Lenoir:
Chess audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Taj Mahal:
Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Keb' Mo':
Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Bessie Smith:
Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Stevie Ray Vaughan:
Sony audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Muddy Waters:
Chess audio CD [9/2003] for $10.99
Important Dates
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Artists  &  Groups
American  Musical  Pioneers
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Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong [1909-2003]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Armstrong
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N2CVQS
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Louis Armstrong [1901-71]
Essentials |
concerts on VHS |
IMDb info
Jazz Legends CD [4/2003]
biography [7/97]
New Orleans [LA] Satchmo Summerfest [July-Aug 2003 = #3]
NYC House & Archive
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George M. Cohan [1878-1942]
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Stephen Foster [1826-64]
browse music |
fansite |
PBS bio |
PBS bio on VHS
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W.C. Handy [1873-1958]
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Robert Johnson [1911-38]
browse music |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1986 |
documentaries on VHS |
career box set
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Leadbelly [real name Huddie Ledbetter] [1888-1949]
Essentials |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988
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Charley Patton [1891?-1934]
career box set |
tribute album
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John Philip Sousa [1854-1932]  
browse music |
fansite w/midis |
Sousa Archive
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Later  Artists  &  Groups
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Jimmy Buffett:
browse music
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Floyd Cramer [1933-97]
browse music |
Essential CD |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 2003
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Jim Croce[1943-73]
browse music |
widow's restaurant in San Diego, CA |
official website
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Bob Dylan
browse music |
Essential CD |
limited edition boxed set [9/2003] 15 discs |
IMDb info
browse books |
concerts on VHS |
concerts on DVD |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988
"Chronicles: Vol. 1" autobiography [2004] by Bob Dylan
S&S hardcover [10/2004] for $16.32 |
S&S pb [9/2005] for $10.78
"Bob Dylan In America" [Doubleday Sept 2010]  
by the historian Sean Wilentz
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The Eagles Band
browse music |
limited edition boxed set [3/2005] 9 discs
concerts on DVD |
concerts on VHS |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1998
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George Gershwin [1898-1937]  ![]()
browse music |
Essential CD |
Wikipedia
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The Grateful Dead Band
browse music |
concerts on VHS |
concerts on DVD |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1994
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Vince Guaraldi [1928-76]
browse music |
official website
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pianist Horst Jankowski [1936-98]: music | PK's fansite
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Janet Klein & her Parlor Boys Band (music of the 1910s, '20s & '30s}
browse music |
official website
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guitarist Leo Kottke
browse music |
Essential CD
| songbook:
paperback or
CD-ROM
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Los Lobos Band: browse music
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norteρa musicians Los Tigres Del Norte Band: browse music
14 Mexican movies made from their songs
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drummer Sandy Nelson:
browse music
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Willie Nelson
browse music |
Essential CD |
concerts on VHS |
concerts on DVD
official Willie Nelson website
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"On the {^Clean} Road Again: Biodiesel & The Future of The Family Farm" [2007] by Willie Nelson Fulcrum/Speaker's Corner 7x4½ pb [8/2007] for $9.95 see also: National Family Farm Coalition [est. 1986] website Alternative Energy Page at Working Minds / Solutions |
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recording team The New York Brass
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Harry Nilsson [1941-94]
Harry Nilsson's official site
  | "The Point" animated TV movie [ABC-TV Feb 1971]
In a kingdom where everyone and everything is pointed, young Oblio's round head stands out, yet he is quite popular; an evil count has Oblio banished from the kingdom to other lands, where the boy and his dog Arrow discover other viewpoints. The TV show and music were written by Harry Nilsson; the original TV narration was by Dustin Hoffman, but due to contractual restrictions, was later rerecorded by Alan Barz-man, Alan Thicke & Ringo Starr. Co-produced & directed by Fred Wolf; co-produced, co-written & music by Harry Nilsson; co-written by Carole Beers & Norm Lenzer; DVD narration by Ringo Starr; other voices by Mike Lookinland, Paul Frees, Lennie Weinrib, Bill Martin, Buddy Foster & Joan Gerber R.C.A. color DVD [3/2004] for $9.97 full credits at IMDb Harry Nilsson's official movie site D.C.C. Compact Classics album by Harry Nilsson on audio CD [3/98] out of prodn/used |
"Who Is Harry Nilsson (and Why Is Everybody Talkin About Him)?"
documentary film [Lorber Films Sept 2010]
Directed by John Scheinfeld; interviewees include Terry Gilliam, Dustin Hoffman, Eric Idle, Randy
Newman, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke Parks, the Smothers Brothers, Jon Voight & Brian Wilson
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDb
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singer-songwriter Sam Phillips:
browse music |
TM's fansite
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Carlos Santana
browse music |
Essential CD |
concerts on VHS |
concerts on DVD
official website |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1998
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guitarist Joe Satriani:
browse music
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'The Boss' Bruce Springsteen
browse music |
Essentials CD (3 discs) |
concerts on DVD |
concerts on VHS
official website |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1999
listed among Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People (May 2008)
"The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town" docufilm [H.B.O. Oct 2010]
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Steely Dan Band
browse music |
official website |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 2001
  
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Thee Midnighters Band of East Los Angeles
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Townes Van Zandt [1944-97]: new docu film [July 2005]
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Neil Young
Spirit of America's Neil Young Page
browse music
official website
entry at Wikipedia
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Band
browse music |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1997
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"C.S.N.Y.: Dιjΰ Vu" concert documentary [indep July 2008]
A record of the C.S.N.Y. band's "Freedom of Speech 2006" tour that included songs from Neil Young's "Living With War" CD. Co-written & directed by Neil Young (as Bernard Shakey) video/DVD/Blu-ray not available Warner Bros. live soundtrack CD [7/2008] 16 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
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browse all music concerts on DVD at Amazon.com
browse all music concerts on VHS at Amazon.com
Classical  /  Composers
Essential Classical Music category at Amazon
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"Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise & Fall" [2005] by Joseph Horowitz W.W. Norton 9¾x6½ hardcover [3/2005] for $26.37 |
contralto Marian Anderson []
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P.D.Q. Bach [pseudonym of composer Peter Schickele]
browse music
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Aaron Copland [1900-90]  ![]()
browse music
Essential CD
Library of Congress
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composer Gordon Getty: audio CDs
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composer Philip Glass
browse music
official website
Godfrey Reggio's 'Qatsi' Trilogy Page
all 3 'Qatsi' soundtrack CDs
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"Glass: A Portrait of Philip In Twelve Parts" [indep April 2008] Co-produced & directed by Scott Hicks; on-camera appearances by Woody Allen, Chuck Close, Errol Morris, Godfrey Reggio, Martin Scorsese & Ravi Shankar video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb official movie site |
Ferde Grofι [1892-1972]: browse music
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Victor Herbert
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Gustav Mahler [1860-1911]
browse music
JG's fansite
1975 Ken Russell movie 
on VHS |
on DVD
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Cole Porter [1891-1964]
browse music
2000 bio by WM
JXB's fansite
2004 bio movie: credits +
DVD +
VHS
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Arnold Schoenberg [1874-1951]
browse music
Schφnberg Center in Austria
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Wm. Grant Still [1895-1978]
browse music biography [3/2000]
papers at Duke Univ
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Morton Subotnik: browse music
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