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Jazz Links !!
 

clarinetistLots of great stuff ... !!

red hot jazz = for your listening pleasure

big bands batabase = start here this is massive resource dedicated to Jazz and Swing history, the music now known to the the world as "American Popular Song"

the jazz site = the voice of jazz in the UK

fred burnett's jazz pages = news from the North West of England - my neck of the woods

john petters = keeping the flag flying on this side of the pond

jelly roll morton = Mike Meddings 'tour de force'

yarl river jazz = Don Sinclair leads a great band up here in the North West of England

djml = Dixieland jazz mailing list for fun and erudition

traditional jazz educators network = this is all it says

jazz at the lincoln centre = Wynton Marsalis preserving and promoting

smithsonian jazz = preserving and promoting

louis armstrong house & archives= the 'official' archive and museum

louis armstrong discography = Scott's site, now managed by Michael Minn, is a fine tribute to Louis and packed with information

the potomac river jazz club = a non-profit society formed to preserve and promote the playing and appreciation of traditional Dixieland jazz ... lots of info

jazz advocate = a growing and ambitious resource, deserves support

a passion for jazz = jazz music origins, styles, musicians, photos, timeline, festivals, webcasts, piano chords, scales, online lessons and ... more !

chicago jazz archive = another site packed with links to everywhere in Dixieland Jazz

american rag = traditional jazz and ragtime newspaper

jazzology = George H Buck jr. buy your records here 

My mates ...

alan rouse = trumpets and my partner on the Louis Armstrong transcription project

midniteSun = Peter has lots of good old jazz standards for download, study and pleasure ... go see  

randy ayling = a fascinating approach to harmony - only for those who really want to know what's going on ...

graham martin = a great enthusiast of 'hot jazz' and 'Band in a Box' take a look ...

eric holroyd = another old Oz mate of mine who plays 'a mean horn' ...

louis ford = one of the best from the Big Easy, clarinet and sax and my kind of music

alan marchand = just have a listen to some of his midi files !

craig johnson = Craig's site is growing all the time and currently has great resource tools 

bob schweig = Dixieland and passion from the Netherlands

joe gordon = an old 'skiffler' mate from Scotland where I was educated !!

mike shaw = not Dixieland Jazz but Sundials - very interesting ??!! 

'Slim Read' = my sax tutor - no longer - RIP Roger - everything you taught me is here!

'Band in a Box' stuff ...

pgmusic = the great Band in a Box software supplier

yahoo group biab = Band in a Box discussion group

allanah = Band in a Box songs for downloading from a ragtime lady in Canada

If you're into the old American popular songs these are the 'killer' sites ... (any I've missed?) ...

jazzstandards.com = all the background to the great songs 

the great chas anderson fake book = a monstrous effort !!

yestertunes = Jim has the details of the Anderson Fake Book and much much more

sheet music archive = over 2000 Dixieland arrangements for just copying and postage costs from San Diego

halcyon days music = Colin's great site

public domain music = Benjamin Tubb's site covers the early days

perfessor bill edwards = the 'Perfessor' is into ragtime

tin pan alley = Mr Banjo has more of the old songs to listen to

melody lane = lots of wonderful midi songs and info

parlor songs = yet more old favourites

Transcribing bits and helps ...

transcribe! = helpful transcribing software

ear power = wonderful little ear training programme

yahoo group transcribers = music transcribers discussion group