Jazz
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Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening
Pittsburgh Jazz Musicians
Check out this long list of artists that have contributed to Pittsburgh's reputation as one of the most important cities in the history of jazz
Check out this long list of artists that have contributed to Pittsburgh's reputation as one of the most important cities in the history of jazz
Jazz Instruction
These books and DVDs are a small sampling of what there is to explore in the Music Department.
These books and DVDs are a small sampling of what there is to explore in the Music Department.
Jazz! Fiction
Mysteries, historical novels, stories of love and comedy--check out these jazz-centric titles!
Mysteries, historical novels, stories of love and comedy--check out these jazz-centric titles!
Online Databases
Grove Online | Library Access | Remote Access |
Includes The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and is available through Access PA POWER Library. The Dictionary of Jazz contains over 7,500 articles on every aspect of the field, from jazz groups, composers and arrangers to instruments, terms, record labels and venues. | ||
Naxos Music Library Jazz | Library Access |
Remote access
(CLP Card) |
Listen to streaming audio of jazz music.
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Magazines
The following jazz magazines are available in the Music Department of the Main Library of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
- Cadence
More information at website -
Downbeat
Preview issue at website - Jazz Improv
Preview issue at website - JazzTimes
Preview issue at website - Jazziz
Preview issue at website
Pittsburgh Jazz Organizations
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African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh (AAJPSP)
http://www.blackjazzpittsburgh.org/
The African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh (AAJPSP) is an outgrowth of the realization that a great deal of the rich cultural contributions made in the field of jazz originated from musicians who were born, raised, are living or have lived in Pittsburgh. Its goal is to preserve and disseminate the history of jazz in Pittsburgh. -
Jazz Workshop, Inc
A nonprofit organization established in 1973 by accomplished musician and social worker Harold Young, Sr. that provides free jazz music lessons to more than 200 inner city children and adults yearly. -
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Jazz
Committed to the preservation, presentation and promotion of jazz through its 350 seat concert hall, a record label, and educational programs. -
Pittsburgh Jazz Society
A non-profit organization, founded in 1987 which promotes jazz, encourages jazz scholarship and holds periodic meetings where jazz may be performed for members and the general public. -
WDUQ: News. Jazz. NPR. (FM 90.5)
Pittsburgh's Jazz radio station from Duquesne University. Click on Jazz for local jazz events and regional jazz resources including links to jazz studies programs at local universities. -
Westmoreland Jazz Society
The WJS meets at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art on the third Thursday of the month from September through June for a jazz performance. During its season, the WJS presents many of the finest and most respected jazz musicians of the region.
Web Sites
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All-Music: Jazz
Lists types of jazz with links to associated artists. -
Jazz at Lincoln Center
On their JazzCast site, you can listen online to past broadcasts, read program scripts, or get a detailed listing of their current season. Under Inside Jazz, you can print a "Jazz 101" brochure. -
NEA: Jazz in the Schools
A web-based curriculum and DVD toolkit that explores jazz as an indigenous America art form and as a means to understand American history. Look here for timelines featuring major artists and sound clips from different eras of jazz. -
PBS: Jazz: A History of America's Music
This is the website to go with Ken Burns' ten-part epic series which aired on PBS beginning January 8, 2001.-
Borrow the Book, CDs, DVDs, Videos and Books on CD from the Library
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PBS: Jazz: Biographies
Learn about the jazz greats with selected audio tracks and interviews from NPR Jazz.
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Borrow the Book, CDs, DVDs, Videos and Books on CD from the Library
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Smithsonian Jazz
This website by the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. offers a "This Day in Jazz History" for jazz trivia lovers, a bibliography of jazz books for children, and information about Jazz Appreciation Month (April).