Hinson's Afrocentric Resource Guide: Jazz

Home

You are visitor number

Thanks for stopping by!

Jazz - America's Classical Music!

What is Jazz?
Listen to Dr. Billy Taylor, noted jazz pianist, historian, and educator, as he shares glimpses of his extensive knowledge of jazz music from its roots in the African-American slavery experience, through the early days of ragtime, and onward through swing, bop, and progressive jazz.
After you take the lecture, bebop by some of these other swingin' spots:

52nd Street Jazz

Internet's Largest Independent Jazz Review Website

All About Jazz

A magazine for Jazz fans by Jazz fans.

All-Music Guide to Jazz

A Comprehensive Database of Music -- Then and Now.

All That Jazz...and then some

America's Jazz Heritage (Smithsonian Institute)

American Jazz Museum (at 18th and Vine)

Dedicated to the memory of the nameless and unremembered men and women whose daring, endurance, and commitment to African American self-sufficiency made 18th and Vine the vibrant center of jazz, swing and Bebop in Kansas City and the world.

The Barbados Jazz Festival

Bird Lives!

Diatribes, Twisted Tales, Digest of the best Jazz web content, and Sneak Previews of a new releases.

The Blue Note

Jazz Capital of the World

Cab Calloway Orchestra

The official homepage of the Cab Calloway Orchestra (CCO). In addition to information on the CCO, the site includes a comprehensive collection of information on the great Cab Calloway. The site is maintained by C. Calloway Brooks, grandson of Cab Calloway and director of the CCO.

Chicago Jazz Archive

A collection of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.

DCjazz

Washington DC's Online Jazz Community

Dominican Republic Jazz Festival

DownBeat.com

The Duke Ellington Society (TDES, Inc.)

Celebrating 100 Years of Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington's Washington

Ella Fitzgerald

The First Lady of Song

Farewell to Ella (April 25, 1918 - June 15, 1996) - Jazz Central Station's tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.
Great Lady...Grand Duchess of Jazz - Jazz Roots Rhythms, Los Angeles Times award winning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.

Evening Melancholy

Jazz and Vocal Ballads from the 1930s Forward

Harlem.org

Explore the history of jazz through the most significant portrait taken in the 20th century. It was "A Great Day in Harlem."

InterJazz: The Internet Jazz Plaza

International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)

A voluntary non-profit organization, with a mission to ensure the continued growth and development of jazz through education and outreach. IAJE serves 8,000 members in 40 countries.

JAZZ - A Film By Ken Burns

A ten-part epic series airs on PBS beginning January 8, 2001.

Jazz by the Boulevard Music & Arts Festival

Lawn of the Will Rogers Memorial Complex, Fort Worth Cultural District

Jazz in Cincy with Doc B

The official website of Friday Night Jazz in downtown Cincinnati.

Jazz Corner

More than 100 individual websites for jazz musicians and organizations.

Jazz Festivals

The Jazz Foundation of America

Helping Musicians In Need

Jazz Guide

Over 1,000 Jazz Gems

Jazz it Up!

The first Internet based TV news series that gives a direct look into the American originated music art form... Jazz.

Jazz at Lincoln Center

The world’s largest not-for-profit arts organization committed to promoting the appreciation and understanding of jazz through performance, education, and preservation.

Jazz Mississippi

Jazz Record Mart

The world's largest Jazz and Blues Record Store

Jazz Online

Jazz Profiles (NPR)

Hosted by Nancy Wilson, this National Public Radio series profiles the legends and legacy of Jazz.

Jazz Radio

All That Jazz Radio (Marbella, Spain)
Brian Parker's Internet Jazz Radio Station
Barcelona Jazz Radio (Spain)
Blue Note Live
Darnell's Black Radio Guide: Jazz and Blues
A collective guide to Jazz Internet radio stations around the world, with radio formats catering to the Black/Urban/African American market.
ejazz.fm (London, Great Britain)
A unique website offering the dedicated jazz fan an ever growing catalogue of the best jazz.
JAZZFM
Smooth Jazz and Classical Soul from London, UK
JAZZ.FM91 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
CJRT-FM 91.7
JJazz.Net (Japan)
Japan Jazz Network
KANU 91.5 FM (Kansas City, MO)
Public Radio from the University of Kansas
KCSM 91.1 FM (San Mateo, CA)
Jazz 91, the Bay Area's Jazz Station (The San Mateo County Community College District at the College of San Mateo)
KKJZ 88.1 FM (Long Beach, CA)
California State University
KNTU 88.1 FM (Denton, TX)
University of North Texas
KNUV 91.5 FM (Las Vegas, NV)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Listener-supported NPR jazz station in southern Nevada.
KPLU 88.5 FM (Tacoma, WA)
News, Jazz and Blues from Pacific Lutheran University
KUVO 89.3 FM (Denver, CO)
Denver Educational Broadcasting - jazz89 KUVO Public Radio
WBGO 88.3 FM (Newark, NJ)
Newark Public Radio, Inc.
WCLK 91.9 FM (Atlanta, GA)
Clark Atlanta University
WNUA 95.5 FM (Chicago, IL)
Smooth Jazz and home of the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show
WNUR 89.3 FM (Chicago, IL)
Northwestern University
WRFG 89.3 FM (Atlanta, GA)
Radio Free Georgia
WRTI 90.1 FM (Philadelphia, PA)
Temple University
WTJU 91.1 FM (Charlottesville, VA)
University of Virginia
WWOZ 90.7 FM (New Orleans, LA)
The authentic New Orleans and Louisiana roots music resource.

The Jazz Review

JazzWorld.Com

Jerry Jazz Musician