Ed Berger and Vincent Pelote Institute of Jazz Studies eberger@newark.rutgers.edu 9 July 2007

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Jazz:
Other Resources

• Festivals
• Organizations
• Schools
• Other Resource Guides

A. Festivals

Here are a dozen jazz festivals in North America. and another dozen from around the world. Many others may be found on All About Jazz's Jazz Festivals list, which is organized by date.

I. North America

• Capital Jazz Fest, Washington, DC
• Guelph Jazz Festival, Ontario
• High Mountains Jazz at Sisters, Oregon
• JVC Jazz Festivals
• Montreal Jazz Festival
• Monterey Jazz Festival
• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
• North Beach Jazz Festival, San Francisco
• Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ontario
• Park City Jazz Festival, Utah
• Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival, New Jersey
• San Francisco Jazz Festival

II. Rest of the World

• Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Denmark
• Glasgow Jazz Festival, Scotland
• Guinness Jazz Festival, Ireland
• Jazz in Marciac, France
• Moldejazz, Norway
• Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
• North Sea Jazz Festival, Netherlands
• San Sebastian Jazz Festival, Spain
• Vienna Jazz Festival, Austria
• Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, Australia
• Wellington International Jazz Festival, New Zealand

B. Organizations

• ASCAP (Includes comprehensive song and composer database)
• BMI (Includes catalog search engine)
• Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz
• International Association for Jazz Education
• International Women in Jazz
• Jazz At Lincoln Center
• Jazz Journalists Association
• Jazz Society of Eastern Iowa
• Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation
• New Jersey Jazz Society
• Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society
• Smithsonian Jazz Appreciation Month
• Toronto Downtown Jazz Society

For a look at societies around the world, consult: Jazz Societies & Organisations Worldwide.

C. Schools

An extensive list of programs in jazz studies is part of the Jazz Resource Library maintained by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Schools in New Jersey and New York include:

• Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
• City College of New York Department of Music
• Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University
• Columbia University Jazz Program
• Eastman School of Music Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department
• Five Towns College Jazz and Commercial Music Program
• Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies
• Long Island University Music Department
• Manhattan School of Music Jazz Program
• New Jersey City University
• New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Program
• New York University Jazz Studies
• Princeton University Jazz Ensemble
• Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music
• Rowan University Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz Studies
• Rutgers-New Brunswick Music Department
• Rutgers-Newark Graduate Program in Jazz History and Research
• Skidmore Jazz Institute
• William Patterson University Department of Music - Jazz Studies

Then, there's the New Jersey Unit of the International Association of Jazz Educators.

D. Other Resource Guides

Darius Botman, a piano jazz musician, has compiled a Glossary of Jazz Terms. Another jazz pianist and educator, D C DowDell provides a Jazz Timeline of Styles of Jazz Music on his Website: A Passion for Jazz!

Good collections of links are:

• Jazz Links from Peter Losin
• Jazz Links & Resources from All About Jazz
• Jazz Review On-Line
• The Jazz Site
• Links from Jazz Improv Magazine