Links for Hallelujah! Dixieland, Ragtime, and Blues Lead Us to Jazz.

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General Early Jazz Links

African-AmericanBaseline Essay - Portland Public Schools

An essay about the roots and development of African American music. ByJim Cuomo.

Dixielandand Jazz Overview, Part 1

The development of jazz, especially the influence of brass bands, stylesof piano playing, and blues singers. By Murray L. Pfeffer.

Jazz

JazzRoots: Early Jazz on jass.com

Comprehensive coverage of early jazz. Photos and bios of many musicians.An early jazz timeline. Links to many sites.

JazzCentral Station

TheRed Hot Jazz Archive

Great collection of real audio files of entire recordings. Lists and descriptionsof early bands and performers.

JazzEducation Resources

TheBigBands Database and Archive of Popular Music

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African American Roots of Jazz

SouthernMosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip

Recordings of southern folk music collected in the field in 1939. Worksongs, shouts, hollers, blues, and spirituals.

Archivesof African American Music & Culture Selected List of Internet Resources

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African Roots of Jazz

C.K. Ladzekpo - African Music and Dance

OtherAfrican Music Resources Online

Soundsof Navrongo and Lawra

All the recordings below come from this site. This site describes the events.

VillagePulse Outpost

Sound files from published recordings of African village music.

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Fundamentals of Jazz

anintro 2 music theory 4 the guitar

GaryEwer's "Easy Music Theory"

AJazz Improvisation Primer

What you need to know to improvise. Fundamentals, theory, history, etc.A discography, but no audio files. By Marc Sabatella.

MiBACTheory Reference

Music:How-to guides, tutorials and tips at Knowledge Hound

Pianoon the Net

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Ragtime

DECOY'sScott Joplin Page

Nice page with bio and links to Joplin MIDI files.

GrantSimpson's Ragtime and Stride Piano Site

Lots of MIDI files.

JohnRoache's Ragtime MIDI Library

MaryHaley's ragtime and related music home page

PerfesserBill Edwards Ragtime Sheet Music Covers and MIDI Files

Amazing collection! Include Piffle Rag.

RagtimePress Midi Music Archive

Secretsof Learning to Play Blues & Boogie Piano

Styles:Ragtime

Fillmore and Band Music

Acomposer by any other name is still a composer

Essay about Henry Fillmore's psuedonyms.

Heritageof Military Bands of the World - American Band Composers

JamesHenry Fillmore, Sr.

Info about Henry Fillmore's father. This site has many hymns as MIDI files, lyrics, and notation (Window only).

March

A nice site with marches and circus marches. MIDI files.

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Blues

TheBlue Flame Cafe--Encyclopedia of the Blues

Photos, info, and some sound files of blues singers. Excellent.

Ma Rainey pages

MaRainey

A Ma Rainey page with sound files from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

"MA"Rainey

A Black History postage stamp summary.

Ma_Rainey.html

Best summary of Ma_Rainey with audio file. From the Blue Flame Cafe.

TheMa Rainey Page

An excellent essay about Ma Rainey. NOTE: NOT for use in schools - lesbian references. By Tom Sullivan.

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Dixieland

DixielandMusic

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Culture during the Jazz Age

TheJazz Age Page

AnIntroduction to American Cultural Expression during the Gilded Age andProgressive Era

Links to info about the period used for a college history course by Robert W. Cherny. Nice.

Spirituals

Harry Burleigh

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/burlharm.htm
http://www.jass.com/spirituals.html
http://www.uni.edu/taylord/burleigh.bio.html
http://www.afrovoices.com/burleigh.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0809511.html

Thomas Dorsey

http://www.ncgcc.com/dorsey/index.html

http://vhost.telalink.net/~nsf/dorsey.html

http://www.southernmusic.net/thomasdorsey.htm

http://www.ncgcc.com/