The ALL-MUSIC GUIDEhas good coverage of jazz styles, artists, albums, etc. It has become a first choice for artist and album information.
(07-01-03)- BLUE NOTE RADIO - Blue Note Radio is back and better than ever! Jazz lovers can do a simple sign in with email addy, and get great jazz music on the desktop for free!
JAZZMATAZZ - fine jazz resource. Good info on new CD releases, see what's coming week to week! Reviews, Musicians, Links....
PBS presents Ken Burn's JAZZ - JAZZ, as per Wynton Marsalis, is "America's CLASSICAL MUSIC." Here it is, the long awaited series documenting Jazz and its development in America. Ken Burns does the best documentary films of our generation! Although the series doesn't include everyone, and there are some unfortunate omissions, this is still truly a marvelous achievement - and a great way to start learning jazz history. The site includes biographies of many major Jazz personalities and a breakdown of the historical phases of jazz.
JazzWeb! (from
Northwestern University) is a useful resource because it provides a
keyword/phrase search box and has links to many other fine jazz sites.
DOWNBEAT.COM - Here you will find current jazz news and reviews, jazz education resources, jazz artists, festivals, DOWNBEAT magazine, and some downloadable jazz music!
JAZZREVIEW.COM - A full featured jazz music site, with great links to other jazz resources on the Internet. Current reviews and a nice layout make it fun to use.
Global Music Network's JAZZ PLUS - Global Music Network is introducing their specialty Jazz resource, and as you might expect the production and the information is first class!
harlem.org - A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM - Art Kane's famous Jazz Photograph of 57 jazz artists, August 1958, is now clickable, and leads to information and history about the artists in the picture!
offBEAT - "New Orleans' and Louisiana's Music Magazine." New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz music in America. offBEAT is a good source for news and reviews of the New Orleans Jazz scene, and new jazz recordings.
MOSAIC RECORDS AND CDs -"Limited Edition Jazz Collections" meticulously produced, are the finest jazz collections available, and most of them seem to go up in value once the editions sell out. I have begun collecting these, and have yet to be less than delighted with a purchase from their online catalog. In my opinion, the best of the best!
JAZZ HALL OF FAME - This is a full featured Jazz site, that has much more than the name implies..... Nice browser and a fantastic "JAZZOLOGY" search feature, for locating specific information.
MAPLESHADE & WILDCHILD! CDs - If you are an audiophile you are going to love these compact discs. I just listened to several of them and I am amazed at the absolutely wonderful quality of the recordings.
JAZZ ROOTS by Tom Morgan is a
terrific looking resource that presents an overview of early jazz history. Here is
info about the early musicians and a timeline of the development of jazz.
THE JAZZ LOFT -"Your online source for truly independent jazz," also connects to THE BLUES LOFT...... Their catalog has fine notations about most albums. Thus, a good learning resource as well as a source of off the beaten path jazz and blues CDs.
VERVE MUSIC GROUP - "Verve...is devoted to reissuing its classics on CD while continuing to record major talent producing new jazz classics today." The Web Home Of Verve, GRP, Impulse!, & Blue Thumb Records.
More online jazz sites with interesting reviews of jazz CDs.
(07-01-03)- BLUE NOTE RADIO - Blue Note Radio is back and better than ever! Jazz lovers can do a simple sign in with email addy, and get great jazz music on the desktop for free! 
