General Resources:

Sites that provide articles, interviews and other forms of information to help you broaden your jazz education.

Here is a list of sites that offer online information on everything jazz.

AllAboutJazz.com
The premier Jazz website. News, Articles, Reviews, and more!

JazzOnline.com
Online jazz magazine with articles about jazz artists, CD reviews, contests, artists Q&A, an introduction to jazz, archives.

www.APassion4Jazz.net
History of Jazz music origins, styles and musicians featuring webcasts, timeline, festivals, photos, guitar & piano chords, scales and more...

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns
The companion Web site to the latest production by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, JAZZ celebrates America's greatest original art form.

Jazz Roots | Early Jazz History on JASS.COM
Tom Morgan offers lavishly illustrated profiles of early 20th century performers along with links to books, a timeline from 1800 to 1930, and more...

JazzCorner.com
Features more than 150 musicians and Jazz organizations.

Smithsonian Jazz
Jazz portal for Smithsonian Institution. Information on jazz exhibits, events, and concerts. Jazz education and classes on Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, and Louis Armstrong. Jazz history resources from National Museum of American History. Multimedia search for jazz performances, oral histories, jazz artists, jazz videos, jazz portraits and jazz program notes.

International Association for Jazz Education
The mission of the International Association of Jazz Educators is to assure the continued worldwide growth and development of jazz and jazz education.

Down Beat Magazine
The online version of the leading jazz publication offers artist biographies, music reviews, and more.

Jazz Times Magazine
Features daily news, CD reviews, discussion forums, festival listings, merchandise, and contests.

Jazz Improv Magazine
Magazine with music and ideas for all jazz enthusiasts. Includes a companion CD with each issue.

Europe Jazz Network
RealAudio interviews, artists and resources, a bulletine board, and photos.

Jamey Aebersold Jazz
RealAudio interviews, artists and resources, a bulletine board, and photos.

Jazz Services - The Jazz Site
Jazz Services describes itself as the leading national jazz organization in the UK. It is notable for its list of links.

Jazzhouse.org - The Jazz Journalists Association
Articles, photos, forums, news, links from the Jazz Journalists Association.

jazzradio.net : Jazz on the Web, 24-7
Streaming jazz music to your desktop 24 hours a day, plus music news, reviews and chat. Site in English and German.

Jazz Clubs Worldwide
A comprehensive directory of over 3000 places to hear live jazz around the world.

Jazzreview.com
Jazz CD reviews with news, artist interviews, photography and charts.

Jazz Now Magazine
Jazz Now, the jazz world magazine, covers the jazz, blues, and improvised music scenes worldwide. Emphasis on jazz education.

The Jazz Foundation of America - Helping Musicians In Need
The Jazz Foundation of America and The Jazz Musicians Emergenct Fund. Helping Musicians In Need.

The Jazz Foundation of America - Helping Musicians In Need
The Jazz Foundation of America and The Jazz Musicians Emergenct Fund. Helping Musicians In Need.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
The Jazz Foundation of America and The The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's website includes applications, Thelonious Monk bio, calendar, sound bites, school programs, profiles, competition info, etc. Its mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by America's jazz masters...

The Jazz School
[Berkeley, CA, US] Non-profit school for all ages. Admissions and courses offered.

Musicians Wiki
Creating a large database with lessons/theory for all instruments.

Pentagram Records
Pentagram Records is the official website for the independent jazz record label founded in 1985 by jazz pianist and recording artist, Rick Eldridge.

Quiet Places
By jazz guitarist, Ted Vieira

Quiet Places is Ted's latest CD. It's an album made up of 10 solo jazz guitar arrangements of standards, with the exception of his original composition, "Perfect Night." Nothing here but Ted and his guitar.

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Essential Concepts: A Comprehensive Guide for the Contemporary Guitarist
By jazz guitarist, Ted Vieira

This new 2nd edition provides over 200 pages of comprehensive scale patterns, chord forms and more than 60 step-by-step exercises providing an easy way to learn theory applied to guitar. Be able to play and solo in any key from one end of the fretboard to the other.

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