Hoover Library: *Music: Jazz

Reference Books

Jazz: The Rough Guide
Call Number: R 781650922 F288
Jazz Profiles: The Spirit of the Nineties
Call Number: R 781.65 C331
Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
Call Number: R 781.650922 F288
Music Since 1900
Call Number: R 780.904 K96
The Jazz Handbook
Call Number: 781.650922 M174, L Floor
Jazz Milestones: A Pictorial Chronicle of Jazz 1900-1990
Call Number: R 781.6509 J42
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Call Number: R 781.6503 N632 v.1-3
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Call Number: R 781.64 E56 v.1-29
Jazz:The Essential Companion
Call Number: R 785.4203 C311
The New Edition of the Encyclopedia of Jazz
Call Number: R 785.42 F288
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Call Number: R 780.922 B168b v.1-6

All About Jazz
Published monthly, a webzine that provides interviews, profiles, and reviews.
Smithsonian Jazz
Information about the Smithsonian's America's jazz program.
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
An online jazz documentary by Ken Burns.
Musicologists Websites
A page of links maintained by the American Musicological Society.
Jazz Corner
"The largest portal for the official websites of hundreds of jazz musicians and organizations."