Brief History of Jazz

This primer gives a cursory overview of major periods and styles. There is a lot of overlap in the eras and styles described.

Early Jazz

Big Band and Swing

Bebop

Cool Jazz

Hard Bop

Post Bop

Free Jazz & Avant Garde

Fusion Jazz

Post Modern Jazz

Modern Jazz

Jazz Links

Featured Links:
Bill Evans Webpages - http://www.billevanswebpages.com
Buddy Rich Official Site - http://www.buddyrich.com
Classical.net - http://www.classical.net
Los Angeles Jazz Society - http://www.lajazz.org
Miles Davis Online - http://www.milesdavisonline.com
Music News Net - http://www.musicnewsnet.com
Rifftides by Doug Ramsey - http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides
Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong - http://dippermouth.blogspot.com

Jazz Links:
A Passion for Jazz - http://www.apassion4jazz.net
Al's LFO Music & Arts Hotel - http://www.alevy.com
All About Jazz - http://www.allaboutjazz.com
All Your Jazz - http://www.allyourjazz.com
Beginning Sax - http://www.beginningsax.com
Ben Sidran - http://www.bensidran.com
Bill Crow Bass - http://www.billcrowbass.com
Billie Holiday Songs - http://www.billieholidaysongs.com
Brambus Records (Switzerland) - http://www.brambus.com
Brookfield Jazz Society - http://www.brookfieldjazz.org
Casa Valdez Studios - http://davidvaldez.blogspot.com
Chris Greene (Saxophone, Chicago) - http://www.chrisgreenejazz.com
Cool Singers - http://www.coolsingers.com
Early Jazz History - http://www.jass.com
Earshot Jazz (Supports Jazz in Seattle) - http://www.earshot.org
Elements of Jazz - http://www.elementsofjazz.com
falmusic - http://www.falmusic.co.uk
FREE jazz AND outlaw poetry - http://free-jazz.net/
Howard Levy (Harmonica) - http://www.levyland.com
Images of Jazz - http://www.imagesofjazz.com
Ivo Neame (Ivo Neame Trio) - http://www.ivoneame.com
I Was Doing All Right - http://www.iwasdoingallright.com
Jacky Lepage, Jazz Photographer - http://www.jackylepage.com
Jazz in Belgium - http://www.jazzinbelgium.com
Jazz Ink - http://www.jazzink.com
Jazz Ink BLOG - http://jazzink.blogspot.com
Jazz Link Enterprises - http://www.jazzlinkenterprises.com
Jazz Review - http://www.jazzreview.com
Jazz Studies Online - http://www.jazzstudiesonline.org
Jazz Tube (An Archive Of Jazz On Video) - http://www.jazztube.com
JazzBeat - http://www.jazzbeat.org
JazzChicago.net - http://www.jazzchicago.net
JazzConnect - http://www.jazzconnect.com
JazzJournal.co.uk - http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk
JazzMando.com (Mandolin) - http://www.jazzmando.com
JazzNote.co.uk - http://jazznote.co.uk
Jazzuality - Indonesian Jazz News - http://jazzuality.com
JazzPages - http://www.jazzpages.com
JazzPianoTracks - http://www.jazzpianotracks.com
JazzPortugal.ua.pt (Portugal) - http://www.jazzportugal.ua.pt
JazzTimes - http://jazztimes.com
JazzTrumpet.com - http://www.jazztrumpet.com
Jazzure - http://www.jazzure.com
JazzWax - http://www.jazzwax.com
Jeff Morrison Jazz (Saxophone) - http://www.jeffmorrisonjazz.com
John Petters Traditional Jazz Site - http://www.traditional-jazz.com
Juliet Kelly (Glam Jazz Singer) - http://www.julietkelly.com
Mark Berresford Rare Records - http://www.jazzhound.net
Mike Allemana (Chicago Guitarist) - http://www.mikeallemana.com
Miles Davis Quotes - http://www.milesdavisquotes.com
Morgan Bouldin (Smooth Jazz Artist) - http://www.morganbouldin.com
Noal Cohen's Jazz History - http://www.attictoys.com
NY Jazz Report - http://www.nyjazzreport.com
OffJazz Dance World - http://www.offjazz.com
Okanagan Jazz & Blues Society - http://www.okanaganjazzblues.org
Oriole Music - http://www.oriole-music.co.uk
Play Jazz Now - http://www.playjazznow.com
Riffs on Jazz - http://riffsonjazz.blogspot.com
SF Traditional Jazz Foundation - http://www.sftradjazz.org/
Scored Changes - http://www.scoredchanges.com
Sher Music Co. - http://www.shermusic.com
Sittin' In (with Helen Borgers) - http://www.sittininjazz.com
SkyJazz Internet Radio - http://www.skyjazz.com
Smooth Jazz and More (Radio) - http://www.smoothjazzandmore.com
Storyville Records - http://www.storyvillerecords.com
Taran's Free Jazz Hour - http://www.taransfreejazzhour.com
TCB (Montreux Jazz Label) - http://www.jazz.ch
The Bebop Shop - http://www.thebebopshop.com
The Jazz Breakfast - http://thejazzbreakfast.wordpress.com
The Jazz Discography - http://www.lordisco.com
The Jazz Intersection - http://www.thejazzintersection.org
The Jazz Session (with Jason Crane) - http://thejazzsession.com
The Smooth Jazz Ride - http://www.thesmoothjazzride.com
Tuxedo Junction - http://www.tuxjunction.net
Unofficial Billie Holiday - http://www.ladyday.net
Visual Jazz (See it.. Play it!) - http://www.visual-jazz.com
VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart - http://www.vjm.biz
WDCB Radio - Jazz & Blues from Chicago - http://wdcb.org
WENJAZ - http://wenjaz.blogspot.com
Women in Jazz Association, Inc. - http://www.womeninjazz.org

Other Great Non-Jazz Links:
Artist Quotations - http://www.artistquotations.com
BassMasta (Bass Tabs) - http://www.bassmasta.net
Days with My Father - http://www.dayswithmyfather.com
Go Disconfused - http://www.godisconfused.com
GuitarMasta (Guitar Tabs) - http://www.guitarmasta.net
Illustrations by Cliff Elbl - http://web.me.com/mykindofstudio
JamBase - http://wenjaz.blogspot.com
Kerouac Alley - http://wenjaz.blogspot.com
Pop Box Eclectic - http://wenjaz.blogspot.com
SoulTracks - http://www.soultracks.com
soulwalking: real soul music - http://soulwalking.co.uk
The Music Directory - http://www.the-music-directory.com
TheCelebrityCafe.com - http://thecelebritycafe.com

Want to trade links with JazzQuotations.com?
Email Us

Stanley Clarke Trio- Jazz In The Garden EPK Video

BASSIST STANLEY CLARKE RECORDS FIRST ACOUSTIC JAZZ TRIO ALBUM
FEATURING HIROMI AND LENNY WHITE

In a career that spans nearly four decades and includes gigs with Return to Forever, Rite of Strings and a variety of other solo and collaborative projects along the way, bassist Stanley Clarke one of the most prominent voices in electric jazz and fusion had seemingly covered every possible corner of the jazz landscape. But there was one avenue he had yet to explore.

I had never done an acoustic bass record, ever, he says. Theres a long list of people on whose records Ive played acoustic bass Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and many others but Id never done an acoustic jazz trio record of my own. So I wanted to record one that would just feature the piano and the acoustic bass in a way that you could really hear the bass.

This long-overdue dream project becomes a reality with the May 12, 2009, worldwide release of Jazz In The Garden (HUCD 3155) on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group. For his first straightahead acoustic jazz trio recording, Clarke assembles two brilliant collaborators at the top of their respective games: pianist Hiromi Uehara and drummer Lenny White. Each represents a distinctly different generational and cultural perspective, but given the range and versatility of both, the net effect is superb. Indeed, the synergy resulting from all three of these luminaries makes for one of the most refreshing Stanley Clarke recordings in recent years.

Victor Feldman Trio - Swinging On A Star (1965)

The Victor Feldman Trio (Featuring: Rick Laird on bass, Ronnie Stephenson on drums)

Trombone Shorty Quotes

"Bourbon Street is like playing, a tourist, you know? It's just a tourist attraction ... those musicians on Bourbon Street, they play all day. They might start at 12 noon and end at 3 in the morning, like, it's like sets, like a job. You go play, take a break, play again, take a break, then later on that night, the club gets busier, then you play some more. There's pride. They're a group of great musicians- and they're holding it down." - Trombone Shorty

source: Interview with NPR (May 2, 2010)

Trombone Shorty Quotes

"Those type of people [in New Orleans] keep me happy and just smiling, you know? I just go hang out and talk with them and they tell me all types of old stories, and sometimes I might even pull my horn out in the middle of the block, and they're playing on beer bottles and different things, and we just do a little second line type thing, just us, four or five people, who are just having fun. That makes me day to be able to do that and go hang out with the people in the (Treme) neighborhood, and to do some shows around town, you know?" - Trombone Shorty

source: Interview with NPR (May 2, 2010)

Trombone Shorty Quotes

"I'm a big fan of music, I'm a student of music, and I just wanna learn and keep enhancing my education about the music." - Trombone Shorty

source: Interview with NPR (May 2, 2010)

Trombone Shorty Quotes

"As I was a kid, I had a bunch of musicians, they always told me that I should listen to all styles of music and try to play all styles and be authentic at it, if I can, because you never know who's gonna call you. This was coming from fellow horn players who would get the call to play with different types of people. Since I was a kid, that was just something I was always interested in." - Trombone Shorty

source: Interview with NPR (May 2, 2010)

Trombone Shorty Quotes

"I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different parades and, then, I got accepted to go to New Orleans Center for Creative Artists ... it's where Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr. and all those guys went out." - Trombone Shorty

source: Interview with NPR (May 2, 2010)