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Part VI: Appendixes
www.jass.com: Dozens of bios, photos, sound clips, memorabilia — this site
maintained by New Orleans writer and radio host Tom Morgan is loaded with
information about early jazz.
www.mariaschneider.com: The big-band leader’s site includes everything
you’d want to know about Maria, audio interviews, and it can even stream the
artist’s own “Maria Schneider Radio.”
www.metacritic.com: Opinions from dozens of critics across the country
are gathered here; it’s a great way to get a range of opinions about a new
album. Singer Diana Krall’s The Girl in the Other Room, for example, received
ratings ranging from 40 to 91 (out of 100), and you can find out why.
www.nytimes.com: When it comes to music (and really, just about anything
else), the New York Times is America’s best newspaper, and it’s situated in the
leading city for jazz. Free registration gives you access to a lot of information;
for $49.95 per year, you can access the entire archive.
www.redhotjazz.com: Devoted to pre-1930 jazz, this site is encyclopedic in
its details about early bands, musicians, and styles. You can spend days just
reading excellent biographies of hundreds of early jazz greats.
Television and Movies
Anatomy of a Murder: Duke Ellington penned the music for this mystery
movie.
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger: Inside look at one of jazz’s top drummers,
also a mentor to countless younger players; includes old footage and interviews
with peers, including Dizzy Gillespie.
Barney Kessel In Concert: An account of 30 years of performances by the
master of bebop jazz guitar.
Ben Webster: Brute and the Beautiful: In-depth look at the great tenor
saxman, whose hushed, whispery tone gave ballads amazing power.
Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing: A look at the great
clarinetist and big-band leader.
The Benny Goodman Story: Comedian Steve Allen, a jazz fanatic, plays the
famous bandleader in this 1955 dramatization of Goodman’s life. Good entertainment
but not good as history or at capturing Goodman and his music.
BET: Black Entertainment Television, a cable channel, features regular
programming on jazz.