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| Styles of Jazz Music | ||
| This site offers a history of jazz styles, a glossary of jazz terms, photos, posters, and information on jazz method books and recordings. ( http://www.apassion4jazz.net/ ) | ||
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| PBS: Ken Burns's Jazz | ||
| This fantastic PBS site offers biographies of most of the great artists in jazz history along with sound files of their music along with focused timelines with many fine photos. ( http://www.pbs.org/jazz ) | ||
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| The Red Hot Jazz Archive | ||
| This site is dedicated to the early jazz pioneers from New Orleans including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Jelly Roll Morton. There are many historic sound files to accompany the worthwhile biographies. ( http://www.redhotjazz.com/index.htm ) | ||
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| Verve Jazz | ||
| This Verve site offers a history of the various jazz styles with some great photos and sound files. ( http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx?lid=24 ) | ||
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| PBS: The Blues | ||
| This PBS site outlines the radio and television film series on the blues with video excerpts, information on the lives of blues artists, and other educational materials. ( http://www.pbs.org/theblues/aboutfilms/scorsese.html#null ) | ||
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| Bessie Smith | ||
| This site offers biographical information on the great blues singer Bessie Smith and a sound file featuring her performance of "Jail-House Blues." ( http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/bsmith.html ) | ||
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| Louis Armstrong Jazz Class | ||
| This site combines a biography of Louis Armstrong, the first great soloist in jazz, with sound files of his playing along with photos and other educational materials. ( http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/class/armstrong/la_match.asp ) | ||
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| Duke Ellington | ||
| This beautiful site offers biographical information on the pianist and composer Duke Ellington as well as sound files, photos, and other resources. ( http://www.dukeellington.com/ ) | ||
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| Scott Joplin | ||
| This site offers a biography and several sound files of the rags of the pianist and composer Scott Joplin, the "King of Ragtime Composers." ( http://www.carolinaclassical.com/joplin ) | ||
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| Dixieland Jazz | ||
| This site presents a good outline of the history and bands of the early jazz style known as Dixieland. ( http://nfo.net/usa/JO.html ) | ||
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