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JAZZ IN GENERAL

LondonJazz excellent London jazz scene blog, plus recommended gigs.

World Wide Jazz Web
Collection of pointers to clubs, festivals, artists, and instruments.

People in Jazz
Connects to biographies, discographies and criticism.

Jazz Links
An archive of examples of Jazz in 20th Century Literature. Also has Jazz Oral History Index.

Jazz for Beginners
A list of jazz recordings for the neophyte.

Jazz Books
Complete catalog in alphabetical order. Today's sample -- All that Jazz: A Record Diary, by Philip Larkin, $10.95, plus numerous witty and insightful short articles. Larkin's entire output from '61-'71.

The Origins  of Big Band Music

This article by Bob Thomas is an excellent concise ooverview of the evolution of African American and European music into early jazz through to the big bands of the thirties and forties.

CURIOUS ARTIFACTS

Kurt Elling concert instructions.

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