Michael Fitzgerald Home Page

This site is perpetually under construction, so get used to it. The website has now entered its twelfth 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 (winner of 2003 award for best discography - recorded jazz music - from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections), is now available at online and local bookstores or direct from the publisher, Berkeley Hills Books. 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.

Record Label Listings

A massive project is underway. The index of labels is found here. I also run a mailing list.

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

Jazz Magazine Annotated Index

This late 1970's 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!

The Discographers

An article detailing the history of jazz discography

Jazz Musician Biographies

Jazz Musician Pseudonyms

Contractual reasons? Just plain fun? Sometimes players appear on recordings under assumed names. Here's the lowdown on who that really is.

Muslim Names In Jazz

Whether used for a long career or just in the short term, this equivalency table tries to include all relevant listings.

Notes From My Presentation At Rutgers Institute Of Jazz Studies: "Jazz On The Internet"

Lenox School of Jazz

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.

Who is Michael Fitzgerald?

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).

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