Jazz Music and Musicians
Classic postwar jazz, including bop and postbop, from all the legendary masters of the genre.
Profile: Les Paul
Les Paul remains the most famous name in guitars, but before his many innovations in the development of the electric guitar, he was already regarded as one of the world's leading jazz guitarists, also creating pop hits like "How High The Moon" with wife Mary Ford. This Les Paul profile is the latest in a series on music's most popular artists of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, written and compiled by your oldies Guide here at About.com.
Les Paul remains the most famous name in guitars, but before his many innovations in the development of the electric guitar, he was already regarded as one of the world's leading jazz guitarists, also creating pop hits like "How High The Moon" with wife Mary Ford. This Les Paul profile is the latest in a series on music's most popular artists of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, written and compiled by your oldies Guide here at About.com.
Art Blakey: Jazz Musician
A nice fan site devoted to hard bop's master craftsman. Contains a discography, bio, photos, and great sound clips of Blakey classics!
A nice fan site devoted to hard bop's master craftsman. Contains a discography, bio, photos, and great sound clips of Blakey classics!
Charles Mingus Home Page
This Finnish fan site has a great deal of information about the visionary hard bop bassist, his life, and his works, including a filmography and some words from the cat himself.
This Finnish fan site has a great deal of information about the visionary hard bop bassist, his life, and his works, including a filmography and some words from the cat himself.
Dave Brubeck
The first jazz artist to go platinum and a pianist of reknown. This fan page includes rare concert photos, album cover art, and much more.
The first jazz artist to go platinum and a pianist of reknown. This fan page includes rare concert photos, album cover art, and much more.
Downbeat.com: Charlie Parker
Sadly, there are no official sites for "Bird," but the world's greatest tenor saxophonist does have an good page set aside here, with a bio, a discography of sorts, and reviews.
Sadly, there are no official sites for "Bird," but the world's greatest tenor saxophonist does have an good page set aside here, with a bio, a discography of sorts, and reviews.
Downbeat.com: Stan Getz
This influential "cool jazz" pioneer is best known for "The Girl From Ipanema" but has had a long and illustrious career which you can discover (or rediscover) here.
This influential "cool jazz" pioneer is best known for "The Girl From Ipanema" but has had a long and illustrious career which you can discover (or rediscover) here.
Jazz CD Buying Guide: Dexter Gordon
One of the great tenor sax men of bop, Gordon is also well known for his Oscar-nominated role in 1986's "Round Midnight." This page features a bio and an extensive discography of Gordon both as a sideman and as a leader.
One of the great tenor sax men of bop, Gordon is also well known for his Oscar-nominated role in 1986's "Round Midnight." This page features a bio and an extensive discography of Gordon both as a sideman and as a leader.
John Coltrane
One of the finest official sites around, and definitely the most thorough one to deal with "Trane," the greatest sax man of all time. Includes an online store!
One of the finest official sites around, and definitely the most thorough one to deal with "Trane," the greatest sax man of all time. Includes an online store!
Saturn Web
This official(?) site for Sun Ra, otherworldly visitor and free-jazz legend, is quite academic, with exhaustive compilations of articles, Arkestra band members, concerts, books about Sun, and more.
This official(?) site for Sun Ra, otherworldly visitor and free-jazz legend, is quite academic, with exhaustive compilations of articles, Arkestra band members, concerts, books about Sun, and more.
The Cannonball Adderley Rendez-vous
The fonts are sometimes strange, and the language a bit off, but this is overall an excellent fan site for one of jazz's most scholarly and exciting hard-bop saxophonists.
The fonts are sometimes strange, and the language a bit off, but this is overall an excellent fan site for one of jazz's most scholarly and exciting hard-bop saxophonists.
The Les Paul Pages
This page is essentially a series of discographies for the legendary pop/jazz guitar master.
This page is essentially a series of discographies for the legendary pop/jazz guitar master.
The Thelonious Monk Website
The greatest pianist in jezz history has a wonderful fan site here with loads of magazine articles, dissertations, a FAQ, and an extensive discography with pictures. First-rate.
The greatest pianist in jezz history has a wonderful fan site here with loads of magazine articles, dissertations, a FAQ, and an extensive discography with pictures. First-rate.
Wheatly Aycock's Dizzy Gillespie Homepage
A solid bio and some pics of this influential trumpet player with the amazing cheeks who helped birth bop.
A solid bio and some pics of this influential trumpet player with the amazing cheeks who helped birth bop.