Research Resource List for Music 78, History of Jazz (Professor, Rae Linda Brown, UC Irvine Music Department)

List compiled by Liza Vick, UCI Research Librarian for Music (lvick@uci.edu, x43509)


Very selective -- Under Construction -- Last updated 1/27/04

UCI Libraries Reference Guide -- Jazz
Guide to mostly print, and some electronic resources at UCI Libraries (formerly Main now Langson).
 

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Online version includes Groves Jazz entries (search article and select the one with the jazz icon).  This is a comprehensive music encyclopedia with articles about styles, genres, musicians, and more.  Some jazz entries include discographies.
 

Online Journals (selective):
JazzOnline
Jazz Education Journal
Jazz educators journal: official magazine of the National Association of Jazz Educators
JazzIz
 

Internet (very selective):
AMG All Music Guide
KKJZ Live - KJazz
JazzRadio.Net
WNUR-FM JazzWeb
WWW Sites for Musicologists (Jazz links) - Great collection of jazz internet sites.
PBS - Jazz, Ken Burns Film
All About Jazz - Reviews, interviews, profiles, articles, guides, calendar, global jazz....
A Passion for Jazz: Music History and Education
 

Collections:
Hoagy Carmichael Collection - Indiana University
Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
American Jazz Museum
National Jazz Museum
 

Local Information:
Los Angeles Jazz Society
Find Live Jazz in LA
Orange County Classic Jazz Festival
Long Beach Jazz Festival
 
 

*UCI Libraries -- A Few More Local Resources*:

Music Subject Guide
Visit this link for an overall guide to music research in the library (locating journal articles, books, internet sources, and more).  Guides to periodical indexes, Antpac and Melvyl (use "jazz" as keyword or your specific topic).

Periodical Indexes to try:
International Index to Music Periodicals - Full Text
Music Index

Carr, Ian
Jazz : the rough guide / written by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley ; with contributions from Chris Parker ... [et al.]
Published London : Rough Guides, 2000 2nd ed
LOCATION  CALL NO. : Langson-Reference   ML102.J3 C325 2000

Antpac canned search for jazz resources - mainly books (Antpac is our UCI online library catalog)

Antpac canned search for jazz videos



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