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Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Jazz:
Musicians
A. Profiles and Biographies
I. Library Resources
Book-length biographical works on or by individual musicians may be found on
IRIS, our online catalog, by searching "jazz musicians biography" as WORDS anywhere.
- Carner, Gary. Jazz Performers: An Annotated Bibliography Of Biographical Materials (Greenwood Press, 1990).
- A useful annotated bibliography of books, dissertations, and journal articles. Does not, however, list articles in the popular jazz press.
[MUSIC REF ML 128 .B3 C37]
- Chilton, John. Who's Who Of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street. (Da Capo Press, 1985).
- Essential work containing biographical entries for American musicians born before 1920. Includes many figures not found in New Grove or Feather. [JAZZ REF ML 106 .U3 C5]
- Feather, Leonard G., and Ira Gitler. The Biographical Dictionary of Jazz. (Oxford University Press, 1999).
- An update to Feather's 3-volume Encyclopedia of Jazz series from the 60's and 70's, which included much biographical material. [DANA, JAZZ, MUSIC REF ML 102 .J3 F4]
- New Grove Dictionary Of Jazz. 2nd ed. (Macmillan, 2002).
- The basic source for beginning research. Contains biographical and some topical entries. Particularly useful are the bibliographies at the end of each article which are often quite extensive. [CAMDEN, DANA, JAZZ, KILMER, MUSIC REF ML 102 .J3 N48]
Much of the material is now online as part of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. (Rutgers-restricted Access)
II. Online Sites for Musicians
A baker's dozen for starters:
Many others are listed at the following sites:
III. Bands and Orchestras
B. Exhibits/Photography
From the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University:
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