- A History of Jazz
Provides information about jazz history with links to jazz clubs and festivals. Also includes a gallery of jazz posters.
 http://www.historyjazz.com/
- A Passion for Jazz
Styles and musicians featuring photo gallery, etymology, and timeline. Information about festivals, news, and webcasts.
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/
- All About Jazz: History of Jazz Timeline
Important jazz facts from 1895 to the present.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline.php
- All That Jazz
The history of jazz starting from the late 1800's.
http://atj.8k.com/
- America's Jazz Heritage
A partnership between the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution.
http://www.si.edu/resource/tours/ajazzh/
- Chicago Jazz Archive
Significant collection founded in 1976 at the University of Chicago including early recordings, sheet music, photos and piano rolls, much of which is accessible online.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/
- Club Kaycee
A sound-and-sight archive from the library of the Kansas City campus of the University of Missouri.
http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/
- Great Day in Harlem
Click on Art Kane's August 1958 photograph of 57 jazz musicians for names of those pictured, or browse by timeline, instrument, or style. Link to the Jean Bach documentary of the shoot, online sales of the photo originally published in Esquire magazine.
http://www.harlem.org/
- Historian Max Morath on Popular Music Standards
Musician and historian Max Morath discusses American popular music standards with Jerry Jazz Musician. Pictures, sound files, text.
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=morath.html
- History of Jazz Trombone
Past history, musical samples, and transcriptions demonstrate that trombonists' contributions have had a crucial role in the development of the jazz language during the 20th century.
http://jazztrombonehistory.com/
- History of Verve Records
Traces development from the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts of the 1940s to the label's founding by Norman Granz in 1956 and the coalition formed with labels such as GRP and Blue Thumb in the 1990s. Artists listed, audio versions of pages.
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx
- Hot Jazz Site
A brief history of early New Orleans jazz, musician biographies, and audio links.
http://www.edsite2.fsnet.co.uk
- HyperMusic - History of Jazz
A brief look at jazz history of the 20th century. In addition to such styles as ragtime, the blues, bigband, bebop, and fusion, History of Jazz also includes short biographies on major jazz musicians.
http://www.hypermusic.ca/jazz
- Jazz Connections - Your Interactive Guide to 50 Greats
Fascinating facts on who played with whom, when, where and why.
http://www.entanet.com/jazzconnections/
- Jazz Hall of Fame
A searchable database containing 1000+ jazz artists spanning the history of jazz
http://www.jazzhall.org/
- Jazz Roots
Tom Morgan offers lavishly illustrated profiles of early 20th century performers along with links to books, a timeline from 1800 to 1930, and images of early sheet music including a year-by-year collection of Cotton Club Parades.
http://www.jass.com
- Jazz, Hot and Cold
Essay by librettist Arnold Sundgaard on jazz history as originally published June, 1955 in the Atlantic Monthly.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/jazz/sundgaar.htm
- Jazz: You Like It
African Genesis portal offers one-line biographies of New Orleans musicians, a lengthy discussion of Louis Armstrong, and a collection of clippings and quotes on jazz from the 1930s.
http://www.afgen.com/jazlinks.html
- Jimmy Rushing's Hot Spot
The life and music of the blues shouter are outlined in anecdotes, discography and a lengthy 1963 interview taken from the Stanley Dance book, "The World of Count Basie." Photos and links.
http://www.jimmyrushing.com
- Kansas City Jazz
Loose collection of pages devoted to Count Basie, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, Don Byas, and Bennie Moten, with a page for the modern Basie band under Grover Mitchell. Photos, link to ring.
http://members.tripod.com/~isaziz/index.html
- Mars Club of Paris
Internationally known jazz club where many Americans gathered to play in the 1950s. Features photograph of a door inscribed with the names of musicians who appeared at the club, and memories of Billy Strayhorn.
http://www.marsclubofparis.com/
- Modern Jazz Discography
Catalog of recordings released by Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside Records, sorted by musician, label and date. Session indexes, biographical notes, links.
http://www.jazzdisco.org/
- Music and You Jazz History
This is a brief historical essay on the history of Creoles in New Orleans, and their influence on Jazz
http://musicandyou.com/musichistory.htm
- Red Hot Jazz Archive
A history of jazz before 1930 offering RealAudio files, biographies, discographies, and filmography.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/
- Small Jazz History
Features a history of jazz origins, styles, including retro photo.
http://www.smallsjazz.com
- Smithsonian Jazz
The National Museum of American History offers audio, video and text; oral histories, artists, videos, portraits and concert program notes.
http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/
- Swing Music Net
The history of swing music from the 1930's until today.
http://www.swingmusic.net/
- The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945
Biographical and discographical information on a long list of notable jazz clarinetists, including links to other sites.
http://users.bestweb.net/~msnyder/clarinet/clar1945.htm
- The Hard Bop
Music and the musicians of the jazz style of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Photos.
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop
- The History of Jazz Music
The history of jazz from the beginning to the present day.
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/zaire/721/historyframe.htm
- The Jazz Archive
Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed. A historic jazz calendar is included.
http://www.rainerjazz.com/
- The Jazz Files
Guide to musicians who made great jazz in the 1950s including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Art Blakey and Cannonball Adderly. Biographical articles with photos, discographies, and links.
http://www.thejazzfiles.com
- The Norwegian Jazz Base
A history of jazz in Norway.
http://www.jazzbasen.no/index_eng.html
- The Real Godfathers of Punk
E-zine article by Billy Bob Hargus connecting jazz artists auch as Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman with the roots of punk music. Links, photographs.
http://www.furious.com/perfect/jazzpunk.html
- University of Kansas Jazz Archive
The Richard M. Wright Jazz Archive of jazz recordings including the private collection of bandleader, Loring "Red" Nichols.
http://www.ku.edu/~sfa/mad/jazzarchive
- Verve Music Group: Jazz History
Concise guide to various jazz styles and the artists and recordings associated with each style, edited by Dr. David Schroeder of New York University.
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx?hid=8
- What is Jazz?
Four lectures on jazz history by Dr. Billy Taylor.
http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/
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