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| The Red Hot Jazz Archive | ||
| A History of Jazz before 1930 with many biographies, images, and audio of complete songs. ( http://www.redhotjazz.com/ ) | ||
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| Jazz | ||
| Authoritative overview by Gunther Schuller, from the Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History. ( http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do;jsessionid=$%7bjsessionid%7d?nKeyValue=110142 ) | ||
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| Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||
| Biography and career overview. ( http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/blind_lemon_jefferson.htm ) | ||
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| Blues Online | ||
| Exhaustive site with numerous subpages on styles, performers, and history. ( http://physics.lunet.edu/blues/blues.html ) | ||
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| The Blues | ||
| Site to accompany 2004 PBS special on the Blues. Various images, audio clips, and text excerpts. ( http://www.pbs.org/theblues/ ) | ||
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| Ma Rainey | ||
| Biography from the Georgia Women of Achievement site. ( http://www.gawomen.org/honorees/long/raineyg_long.htm ) | ||
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| Race Records | ||
| From the site to accompany to Ken Burns PBS special series Jazz. ( http://www.pbs.org/jazz/exchange/exchange_race_records.htm ) | ||
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| Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy | ||
| Biography from the National Portrait Gallery. ( http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/armstrong/ ) | ||
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| Dixieland Jazz: An Overview | ||
| Extensive site with numerous pages on performers, composers, and the history of Dixieland style. ( http://nfo.net/usa/JO.html ) | ||
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| Dr. Jazz: The Life of Jelly Roll Morton | ||
| Article by Marshall Bowden from the Jazzitude site by Marshall Bowden. ( http://www.jazzitude.com/morton.htm ) | ||
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| Boogie Woogie | ||
| Overview from the "Stylesheets" section of the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz site. ( http://www.jazzinamerica.org/l_stylesheets.asp?StyleID=5 ) | ||
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| The James P. Johnson Foundation For Music and The Arts | ||
| Biography and related information on Johnson. ( http://jamespjohnson.org/ ) | ||
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| The Development of New Orleans and Stride Piano Styles | ||
| Journal article by Eli H. Newberger. ( http://www.elinewberger.com/articles/piano_styles/ ) | ||
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| Thomas "Fats" Waller | ||
| Photos, audio clips, and discography. ( http://www.fatswaller.org/index.html ) | ||
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| Paul Whiteman | ||
| Excerpt from Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925, by Tim Gracyk. ( http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/whiteman.htm ) | ||
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| www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html | ||
| Bessie Smith can be heard singing the blues at this site. ( http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html ) | ||
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