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The website has now entered its thirteenth year.
The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Jazz by Loren Schoenberg features this website (p. 258). Thank you, Loren! It gets a nice plug in the IAJRC Journal (Fall 2002, p.10). Thanks also to the kind folks at The McKinley Group, The Jazz Fan Attic, All About Jazz (6/21/98), and Links2Go for honoring this site over the years.
My book Rat Race Blues: The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce, written with Noal Cohen received the 2003 Award for Excellence from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. I’d love to hear your comments if you have read the book.
In mid-September 2002 I did an interview broadcast on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered that can be heard here.
If you have an interest in developing an event related to Gigi Gryce - interview, lecture, booksigning, performance, radio or television spot - please let me know. We have had great experiences working with organizations, musicians, and venues to spread the word about Gryce’s music. Check here for the list of activities.
A repository for many great things musical and extra-musical wherein can be found:
Discographies
Important: Many of these discographies have moved and are now hosted at the new site www.JazzDiscography.com
They are still available and are better than ever. Access is quicker and more reliable. Be sure to bookmark the new locations.
Bill Barron | Kenny Barron | Edgar Bateman | Walter Benton | James Carter | Circle | Art Davis | Walt Dickerson | Hobart Dotson | Ted Dunbar | Julian Euell | Don Friedman | Tony Fruscella | Honi Gordon | Joe Gordon | Henry Grimes | Slide Hampton | Wilbur Harden | Johnny Hartman | Andrew Hill | Shirley Horn | Joe Hunt | The Jazztet | Don Joseph | Al Kiger | Bill Kirchner | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Steve Kuhn | Pete LaRoca Sims | Harry Leahey | Abbey Lincoln | Makanda Ken McIntyre | J.R. Monterose | Tete Montoliu | Michael Philip Mossman | John Neves | Newport Youth Band | Orchestra U.S.A. | Duke Pearson | Perry Robinson | Renee Rosnes | Woody Shaw | Ira Sullivan | Bill Triglia | Wilbur Ware | Lem Winchester | Tony Zano | Attila Zoller
Record Label Listings
The index of labels is found here.
Other works in jazz research
Chronology of Art Blakey (and the Jazz Messengers)
- The most detailed information on who played in the band when with whom (with historical annotations from interviews over the years). Contributions welcome.
Jazz Interpretations Of Musical And Film Scores
- This late 1970s periodical featured some major figures in jazz writing such as Bob Blumenthal, Stanley Dance, Ira Gitler, Sy Johnson, George Kanzler, Peter Keepnews, Dan Morgenstern, Tom Piazza, Arnold Jay Smith, Terry Teachout. Now with cover scans!
- An article detailing the history of jazz discography
- Contractual reasons? Just plain fun? Sometimes players appear on recordings under assumed names. Here’s the lowdown on who that really is.
- Whether used for a long career or just in the short term, this equivalency table tries to include all relevant listings.
Notes From My 1998 Presentation At Rutgers Institute Of Jazz Studies: “Jazz On The Internet”
- Where were Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Jimmy Giuffre, Gunther Schuller, Jim Hall, John Lewis, Max Roach, George Russell, Bob Brookmeyer, Kenny Dorham, Bill Evans, Herb Pomeroy, David Baker, Perry Robinson, Marshall Stearns, Ran Blake, Bill Russo, John Eckert, Steve Kuhn, Gary McFarland and Attila Zoller (among others) in the summer of 1959? The answer to this question as well as many other fascinating facts may be found herein.
Links
Other real interesting stuff can be found at these sites.
Comments, questions, feedback via e-mail to mike at jazzdiscography.com - If you have something to say, please email me (and use an appropriate subject line).
Copyright 1993-2008 Michael Fitzgerald and the other various authors
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