Primary Source Spotlight: Jazz Music
Jazz webcasts and performance videos
Gottlieb jazz photos on Flickr
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free” images & score
Jazz life histories
Jazz Singers online exhibition
Jazz magazine clippings from the William P. Gottlieb collection
Historical newspaper coverage: jazz
Influence of Jazz on Modern Music brochure
Influence of Jazz on Modern Music: Aaron Copland lecture notes
Jazz and Folk Influences, 1947-1963 Aaron Copland lecture notes
Memoirs of Lieutenant “Jim” Europe (curator note on jazz master James Reese Europe)
Chicago Blues and Jazz: A New Story Map on the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection
U.S. legislation related to jazz
Today in History primary source collections
Jazz-related articles
- “The Faces of Jazz” Civilization September-October 1995
- Farewell, Jazz Cleveland Advocate 06, no. 20 (09/20/1919)
- Jazz Giant Louis Armstrong Was Born America’s Library
- Joslyn Art Museum: Jazz on the Green A Local Legacy
Jazz-related Library blog posts
- Library of Congress Blog
- In the Muse
- Folklife Today
- Now See Hear!
- NLS Music Notes
- Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
- Taking a Look at Jazz Picture This
Teaching resources