Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz
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WikiProject Jazz is a group of editors writing and maintaining Wikipedia's articles on all things jazz. The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject music genres. On our project talk page, all editors working in the area (not just members) can exchange ideas and ask questions.
New members are always welcome! If you are new to Wikipedia, the first thing to do is to become a registered user – see Wikipedia:How to log in. (There is also an FAQ at Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.) If you wish to participate in WikiProject Jazz, then add your name to our participants section.
Scope
[edit]This WikiProject aims to:
- Improve and standardize existing jazz-related articles.
- Create any needed jazz articles.
- Elevate as many jazz-related articles as possible to Good or Featured status.
- Coordinate positive contributions to articles relating to all aspects and styles of jazz.
This WikiProject does not aim to:
- Act in an exclusionary way toward any particular styles of jazz or any jazz musicians.
How you can help
[edit]- Any improvement to jazz-related articles, no matter how minor, is welcome, as is copyediting! Keep in mind Wikipedia's policies regarding neutral point of view.
- If there is a jazz-related article that Wikipedia doesn't currently have, create one! It doesn't have to be a masterpiece; a stub will do at first.
- Add appropriate media to articles. Make sure any media (particularly images) used are tagged and used properly. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.
Requests and to-do
[edit]To request a new article, to add to the list of articles needing expansion or improvement, or to find things to do at the jazz portal, go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz/To do.
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
To see lists of jazz articles sorted by what cleanup they require, click on "Cleanup listing for this project" in the box in this section.
Alternatively, just add your comment to the jazz project's talk page.
Articles and assessments
[edit]Jazz articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||
FL | 8 | 4 | 12 | ||||
GA | 5 | 9 | 28 | 65 | 107 | ||
B | 39 | 44 | 57 | 107 | 247 | ||
C | 35 | 135 | 192 | 752 | 45 | 1,159 | |
Start | 87 | 264 | 830 | 7,182 | 7,542 | 15,905 | |
Stub | 2 | 196 | 3,786 | 7,095 | 11,079 | ||
List | 4 | 12 | 79 | 248 | 104 | 447 | |
Category | 1 | 3,688 | 3,689 | ||||
Disambig | 11 | 11 | |||||
File | 674 | 674 | |||||
Portal | 231 | 231 | |||||
Project | 10 | 10 | |||||
Template | 1,003 | 1,003 | |||||
NA | 2 | 68 | 497 | 567 | |||
Other | 43 | 43 | |||||
Assessed | 171 | 467 | 1,397 | 12,219 | 6,157 | 14,786 | 35,197 |
Unassessed | 297 | 297 | |||||
Total | 171 | 467 | 1,397 | 12,219 | 6,157 | 15,083 | 35,494 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 151,590 | Ω = 5.32 |
All articles linked to WikiProject Jazz link to this page, see What links here. This includes all talk pages with the project banner. The table to the right, which is updated every few days, summarises all these articles, by quality and importance – click on a number to see a list of all WikiProject Jazz articles of that kind. Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz/Popular pages is a list of the most-viewed pages in the scope of the Project, refreshed monthly.
Listed below are any articles that are awaiting review for promotion to Featured Articles, Featured Lists or Good Articles, Articles for Deletion and Categories for Discussion:
Articles for deletion
- 04 Nov 2024 – Mattin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toweli (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 28 Oct 2024 – Roman Miroshnichenko (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Duffbeerforme (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 19 Nov 2024; see discussion (13 participants; relisted)
Good article nominees
- 15 Oct 2024 – Jeanne Trevor (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LarstonMarston (t · c); start discussion
- 30 Jul 2024 – Life Cycle (Sakerock album) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by IanTEB (t · c); start discussion
Project members
[edit]- The following are participants in Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz... Anyone may join!
- To join simply click here and add yourself at the bottom of the list.
- Please use the {{user|username}} template
Active participants
[edit]There is also a list of inactive members that includes those who have not edited for at least six months. If you have returned and can't find your name in Active participants, it may have been moved there; feel free to move it back.
- Activist (talk · contribs)
- Adamilo (talk · contribs)
- Ahi-nama (talk · contribs) I am a Swedish jazz fan who regard jazz as a global phenomenon even if Swedish Wikipedia has its own ProjectJazz. I hope to transfer some of the content from enWP to svWP which would be of special Swedish interest, but also I hope to contribute articles on some of our jazz music which deserves to be known abroad.
- AUTiger ʃ talk/work - will try to help out here a bit; not an expert, but I did host/program the Jazz show on my college radio station.
- BenTheDuelist (talk · contribs)
- Bobbyshabangu (talk · contribs) - South African, and Jazz enthusiasts.
- bubbatex (talk · contribs)
- Buszmail (talk · contribs) - Jazz guitarist and recording artist for Candid Records and MCA Music. Listed in the The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide by Scott Yanow. Currently aggregated online by The Orchard.
- Cholmes75 (talk · contribs)
- colorend - pianist and bassist, more into modern jazz, will be doing mainly minor, pedantic edits, corrected some GoGo Penguin and e.s.t related pages before joining. (:
- Don-music (talk · contribs) - Jazz enthusiast and saxophonist. Interested in most jazz, old and new. Have created a few articles on important but neglected jazz albums by British artists and neglected jazz artists from the US and beyond. Always improving existing low quality articles.
- Dreamy Jazz (talk · contribs)
- DrStrangelove64 (talk · contribs)
- EddieHugh (talk · contribs) Just improved the Eddie Costa page.
- Eman235(talk) I play guitar. Know more about theory than history...I'm not sure if I'll really end up doing that much but I'll try.
- Freechild (talk · contribs) - I am interested in the music of North Omaha, and will continue to write about it extensively.
- GWFrog (talk · contribs)
- Gyrofrog (talk · contribs) - would love to help out, as time allows. I put up Caravan of Dreams and a few stub articles before I found this project.
- Infrogmation (talk · contribs)
- Jazz+ (talk · contribs)I am a notable jazz organist and wish to be added to the list of wikipedia jazz organ list. Clarence m palmer.
- Jazzilady (talk · contribs) I'm a musician and vocalist. I've been a jazz fan for most of my 57 years of life. Have seen, heard, and played with many jazz musicians and vocalists. I have my own archive of photographs and a really huge collection of jazz CD's. I'm a retired librarian and currently the webmaster for ClevelandEaton.com
- Jburlinson (talk · contribs) Big Band Boy
- Kaiserthegreat (talk · contribs)
- KConWiki (talk · contribs)
- Kestenbaum (talk · contribs)
- Knifegames (talk · contribs)
- Kudpung (talk · contribs) Former semi-pro drummer & percussionist (bop & fusion). Occasional edits and CE to jazz articles.
- Lamro (talk · contribs) I'm an investment professional from Moscow, Russia. I like jazz music because it helps me deal with my terribly stressful work. Jazz relaxes me as does writing articles on jazz albums, such as the full discography of Eliane Elias and semi-full that of Hugh Masekela. More articles are coming.
- Mach61 (talk · contribs)
- LaurieNorton1 (talk · contribs) Just submitted an article on Adam Swanson, virtuoso pianist of early 20th century music inc. early jazz and the Great American Songbook
- Magiciandude (talk · contribs) Latin jazz.
- Matrix142 (talk · contribs)
- Mercurywoodrose (talk · contribs) - revamped the jazz Portal, some article editing, including creating albums
- Noahfgodard (talk · contribs) Pianist, composer, and (classical) oboist. Primarily interested in bebop, "latin jazz" (both Brazilian/South American and Afro-Cuban), and fusion/contemporary jazz.
- OldandGood2876 (talk · contribs) fan of Latin jazz/Samba with special interest in Vince Guaraldi and his work
- Patriot8790 (talk · contribs)
- Philip Cross (talk · contribs)
- Podstawko (talk · contribs), a jazz fanatic
- Proscribe (talk · contribs)
- RubenSchade (talk · contribs) Since before I could walk (so I've been told!) jazz has been favourite music in the universe :)
- Slafayette (talk · contribs)
- Sluzzelin (talk · contribs)
- spode125 (talk · contribs)
- Stereorock (talk · contribs)
- T. Anthony (talk · contribs) - I may do a bit again.
- tgheretford
- ThomasP1964 (talk · contribs)
- toresetre (talk · contribs) freelance photographer, adding photographs from the performances in Oslo Norway.
- Urueu (talk · contribs) Jazz is the total music.
- Vejvančický (talk · contribs) - Czech jazz
- Vmavanti (talk · contribs) – bona fides: experience as a jazz disc jockey and editor in journalism, studied classical guitar, some letters after my name, lifelong learner and reader
- WalkerJazz (talk · contribs)
- watty62 (talk · contribs) UK Jazz fan. Saxophonist. Record collector. Interested in jazz biographies. Main areas of interest bebop / postbop / hardbpop.
- Wdg363 (talk · contribs) Writer, editor, and academic librarian who loves jazz.
- Ondalito (talk · contribs) Bass Player
- Rmblech (talk · contribs) bossa nova and cool jazz
- A.T.S. in Texas (talk · contribs) Austin music scene
- Cathcam (talk · contribs) - Blogger, researcher and music archivist mostly focused on the business and music produced by Creed Taylor. I write/maintain the ctproduced.com blog and so far have only done minor edits here. I am in touch with the Taylor family and working on related projects.
- Defwe12 (talk · contribs)- Piano Player
- digiulio8 (talk · contribs)
- FalconMillenium (talk · contribs) - Audiophile
- LoSchiaccianoci (talk · contribs) - Singer
- JazzWikiMan (talk · contribs) - Jazz pianist
- Flarehare (talk · contribs)
- Tillywilly17 (talk · contribs) added 2 infoboxes and 3 paragraphs to this "stub" class article. I have many references and more content to add. After weeks of research, I believe this was important to music in the year 1943. Pistol Packin' MamaTillywilly17 (talk) 18:29, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
- Vladimir.copic (talk · contribs)
- Ismail2834 (talk · contribs)
- Izlhyl (talk · contribs) Music student studying jazz guitar. Articles I've published include Bill Coon, Jaelem Bhate, Steve Kaldestad, and Daniel Hersog
- TrottieTrue (talk · contribs) Primarily interested in the British dance band genre.
- Ayyydoc (talk · contribs) jazz bassist among other things.
- Carolina_Heart (talk · contribs) Jazz and music enthusiast. More focused on contemporary jazz over the classics. Been obsessively editing the Jazz in Year articles to add albums and events, and I started the 2023 in jazz page. I plan to make articles for notable albums or artists I encounter
- Wctrenchard (talk · contribs)
- OnAMistyNight (talk · contribs)
- Wrightjack (talk · contribs)
- Amojobim (talk · contribs) I am a musician and I love jazz. I would love to help improving the content, wherever needed. I recently made some edits to jazz pages that I think fit into this project.
- Kencf0618 (talk · contribs) I would have been a terrible jazz snob.
- Sjones23 (talk · contribs)
Inactive participants
[edit]This list includes project members who have not edited for at least six months; it is manually updated on a periodic basis. If your name has been moved here, feel free to move it back to the active list when you return.
- User:140dbs
- Abronkeeler (talk · contribs)
- Alfikacska (talk · contribs)
- Algabal - Particularly interested in classic American jazz and obscure/lesser-known figures.
- Archaeolojae - I dig all jazz before the 1970's, took two jazz history courses in college, and own a large collection of jazz CDs
- Atkinson12 (talk · contribs)
- Barkjon - Likes jazz, plays drum kit and other percussion, used to play guitar, can read music (drums).
- BassHistory (talk · contribs)
- Bass Speaker III (talk)- In a jazz band at my school
- Beforewikicourse (talk · contribs)
- Belovedfreak
- Billy Tall (talk · contribs)
- Blueswalk - I have a pretty good general knowledge of the music, and I have tried to fix some mistakes here and there and expand some entries.
- bmickler (talk · contribs)
- BNutzer (talk · contribs)
- Bugcrusher (talk · contribs) - Canadian jazz history. So glad to have found my peeps - Guitar fiend.
- Calicocat (talk · contribs)
- Cdl obelix (talk · contribs)
- Cielomobile talk / contribs
- Coslouisiana (talk · contribs) Interested in New Orleans jazz traditions
- Coreymwamba (talk · contribs)
- cymbop (talk · contribs)
- User:Dextrose - Experienced musician with limited historic knowledge.
- DorothyP99 (talk · contribs) I am a jazz musician and a huge advocate of jazz. I try to support and promote the work of not only jazz musicians, but also educators who are doing important work in jazz.
- Efo
- ehburrus (talk · contribs) I'm pretty knowledgeable about all types of jazz, particularly very modern jazz.
- Extraface (talk · contribs) - Grown-up Trumpet student
- Fenoxielo - Trumpet player and avid jazz fan.
- FlashAddict (talk · contribs)
- Fruit4dinner (talk · contribs)
- George Orr0802 (talk · contribs)
- GoJoe123456 (talk · contribs)
- GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs)
- Gronkmeister - Willing to help in any way.
- Hans555
- Harrywhalley interested in expanding music theory articles
- helohe (talk · contribs)
- Henry Corvel - Semi-experienced jazz guitarist. Aspiring jazz pianist/bassist/trumpeter. Particularly interested in the music theory of jazz.
- Houdinipeter (talk · contribs)Jazz bassist and library worker
- Ignatiuswiki - Saxophonist/pianist, and avid jazz enthusiast who will help whenever or wherever needed.
- Internazionale
- ITAL - Avishai Cohen, Mark Guiliana and Heernt are my interests and concerns
- User:JakeHaMo
- James Devlin Mainly jazz flute related material but also interest in living Scottish and British jazz artists
- Jamzik (talk · contribs) I would appreciate any help on expanding the Phillip Wilson (drummer) article.
- Janus303 (talk · contribs) Lifelong Hammond organist, I'd like to focus on slowly beefing up the entries on jazz organ greats, such as Shirley Scott, Rhoda Scott, Jimmy Smith
- Jazz40s (talk · contribs) Independent Jazz Stylist Vocalist and International Recording Artist with gross physical product sales over $200,000 in 2017 with over six successful releases since 2013 and 40,000 albums sold worldwide. // Looks like this is Lyn Stanley (coincidentally the only page Jazz40s has ever edited) Knifegames (talk) 09:51, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
- JazzDoc1820 (talk · contribs) Founder Jazz On the Vineyard, Sports Medicine Physician, Lover of the Music and believes jazz is a Metaphor...for life...all about the improvisation
- Jazzfann (talk · contribs)
- JazzyBerlin
- J Edward Malone (talk · contribs)
- JoeTrumpet
- John FitzGerald (talk · contribs)
- Jolaaled (talk · contribs)
- jollyjoegiant - I have a general knowledge of Jazz recordings and a good eye for proof reading
- Juanvaleo (talk · contribs)
- Kakofonous
- Kville105125 (talk · contribs)
- LongLiveMusic (talk · contribs)
- LukeDFitzpatrick (talk · contribs)
- Mako098765
- User:MarkpianoKC - I'm slowly adding pieces of Kansas City jazz history and historic jazz landmarks - i.e. the Mutual Musicians Foundation
- Marmeladă (talk · contribs)
- Mastrchf91 (talk · contribs) - I have a good knowledge of big band and smooth jazz, and good at tasks like proofreading and editing.
- MaximilianT (talk · contribs)
- mcclearym (talk · contribs)
- Meaningful Username (talk · contribs)
- Mikemaehr (talk · contribs)
- Mind meal - cite, cite cite is my motto
- Mjquinn_id (talk · contribs) - Categories and Templates; Mjquinn_id (talk) 04:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
- Moeron (talk · contribs) - very concentrated effort on jazz articles lately, including a wealth of albums for many performers. Also, I will be getting the eighth edition of The Penguin Guide to Jazz soon, so if anyone would like me to look up information from there, just me a message at User Talk:Moeron.
- Morahman7vn (talk · contribs) Likes mainly the first thirty years of jazz (1917–1947) and stride.
- MoRsE (talk · contribs) - jazz fusionist, 70ies 'til today
- MrTroy
- MVNdude - doin what I can!
- Narcolepz (talk · contribs)
- Ndorward - more of a nitpicker than an article-starter but I try to help.
- Neburzaragoza
- Newark_kantz (talk · contribs)
- Ole Eivind - By no means an expert, but very interested in Norwegian jazz in particular. I've contributed to a few articles on the subject already.
- Olivier Langelaar
- OrenBochman (talk · contribs)
- Pangui (talk · contribs)
- Paul210 16:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC) I have added a couple of British jazz and blues entries and hope to continue this as well as edit which I do on a daily basis
- Paulie 27 (talk · contribs)
- Pdb1003 (talk · contribs) - I play jazz saxophone/clarinet want to help create new stubs and improve existing articles
- Pharaohmø - Creator of jazz album stubs
- PhattyFatt
- Ralphscheider42
- Ramírez72
- Rejdovak (talk · contribs)
- Rictus - working on a draft article on jazz theory (since the main articles on music theory are almost exclusively about classical theory).
- Rmkeller (talk · contribs) - Would a jazz-relate software section be useful? Where would it go?
- robertwmartin (talk · contribs)
- Ron Seward (talk · contribs)
- Rover Segundo - Have bits of knowledge and can help a bit.
- royblumy
- Scberry (talk · contribs)
- Secondplanet (talk · contribs)
- Sgravn - Musician with various areas of expertise, history conspicuously not being one of them.
- Sherwelthlangley Created the Essentially Ellington article
- Shploo - Not a huge expert but I'd like to help out.
- SingCal
- Sjhnumber1 (talk · contribs)
- Sungminkwon
- Sunspot Soldier (talk · contribs) Jazz fan and librarian, I tend to focus on small details but hope to find time to do more page creation and writing.
- tcxspears (talk · contribs) - Jazz drummer and historian, New England Conservatory, specializing in early jazz, swing, and all things Ellington
- TheJazzTrumpet (talk · contribs)
- Trap The Drum Wonder (talk · contribs) - A particular fan of Buddy Rich.
- Tssichta (talk · contribs)
- Tvccs
- Ultrauber (talk · contribs)
- Weimont
- Wrightjack (talk · contribs)
- Yanjipy (talk · contribs) Tenor sax player
- Zadernet
- (♠Taifarious1♠)
Userbox
[edit]To show your involvement in the project, you can add one of the userboxes below to your user page. Just copy the following text and paste it somewhere on your user page – {{participant|Jazz}}, or {{User Wikiproject Jazz}}. When one of the boxes is added, your name will automatically be included in Category:WikiProject Jazz participants.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Jazz. |
This user is a participant in WikiProject Jazz. |
Tools
[edit]Templates
[edit]- Project banner: {{WikiProject Jazz}} - Should be placed at or near the top of all talk pages on jazz-related articles, which will then appear automatically in Category:WikiProject Jazz articles.
- {{Infobox musical artist}} - To be used in all articles about jazz artists and groups.
- {{Infobox album}} - To be used in all articles about jazz albums.
Stubs
[edit]- {{jazz-album-stub}} - For short articles relating to jazz albums.
- {{jazz-musician-stub}} - For short biographical articles on jazz musicians.
- {{jazz-composition-stub}} - For short articles on jazz songs or compositions.
Categories
[edit]- Typically, all jazz album articles should have a category named Artist albums. That category, in turn, should have the Category:Albums by artist and Jazz albums categories added to it. (see Category:John Coltrane albums for an example)
- Articles relating to jazz vocalists should also be added to Category:Jazz vocal albums.
Possible sources
[edit]Wikipedia pages
- Cleanup listing
- Citation template for Google Books
- Category:Jazz awards
- Category:Jazz magazines
- Category:Jazz record labels
- Most popular jazz pages by number of hits
Wikipedia documentation
- Biographies of living persons
- Citing sources
- Conflict of interest
- Deletion policy
- External links
- Identifying reliable sources
- Image use policy
- Naming conventions
- List of infoboxes
- Maintenance templates
- Manual of Style (music)
- Neutral point of view
- Notability (music)
- Ownership of content
- Reference desk
- What Wikipedia is not
- Words to watch for (bias, puffery)
Awards and sales
- Billboard jazz chart
- Grammy Awards
- Independent Music Awards
- Official Charts UK
- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Biographies and interviews
- Allmusic
- Interviews at Innerviews
- NEA Jazz Masters
- NPR Jazz Profiles
- Jazz Biographies.com
- Library of Congress online exhibition Singers
- The Red Hot Jazz Archive before 1930
- Smithsonian Jazz
- Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program
- William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz Oral History Database, Tulane University
Discographies
- Allmusic
- Discography of American Historical Recordings
- Jazz Discography
- Jazz Discography Project
- J-Disc discography
- The Red Hot Jazz Archive Jazz before 1930
- Brian Rust's Jazz and Ragtime Records, 1897-1942
Magazines and webzines
- All About Jazz
- Bass Musician
- Bass Player
- Billboard
- Billboard magazine back issues at Google Books
- Brave Musician
- DownBeat
- Drummerworld
- JAZZed
- Jazz Inside (Eric Nemeyer)
- Jazziz
- Jazz Journal (UK)
- Jazz Journalists Association
- Jazz Times
- Jazz Week
- Jazzwise
- Just Jazz Guitar
- JET magazine at Google Books. See, for example, Art Simmons' "Paris Sketchpad" column.
- Modern Drummer
- No Treble
- Offbeat (New Orleans)
- Pitchfork
- Pop Matters
- Jazz section at Rock's Back Pages
- Rolling Stone
- Paiste
- Premier Guitar
- Smooth Jazz
- Stereophile
- Vintage Guitar
Other sites
- Allegro newsletter from AFM local 802 (New York City). Jazz-related articles, obituaries
- Ted Gioia
- Jazz Education Network
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Jazz News: Jazz jubilees 100 years (as of 2008)
- Jazz Online – their blog postings may not be appropriate as sources, but it also includes interviews, which are potentially useful.
- Jazz Research
- Jazz Rhythm
- Tom Morgan on early jazz
- Marc Myers at Jazzwax
- Harvey Pekar's writings (mostly jazz-related; mostly reviews) for The Austin Chronicle
- Terry Teachout
- Jeru: In the Words of Gerry Mulligan, oral autobiography. (While this is hosted online by the Library of Congress, it is used there by permission of Mulligan's widow. As such, it may not be free content, otherwise we could upload it to Wikisource.)
- Tom Hull - on the Web – database of blogs and columns by jazz-focused critic, Tom Hull
Academic
- Bop, Rethought: Jazz, culture, and 'Art Music' in 1950s America (I think this is OK as per WP:SCHOLARSHIP)
- Willis Conover Collection at the University of North Texas. Archived broadcasts include music and interviews.
- European Free Improvisation Pages at the University of Sheffield, UK
- Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at University of the District of Columbia
- Hamilton College Jazz Archive, interviews
- Jazz Studies Online, Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University
Books
- Barth, Joe. Voices in Jazz Guitar
- Berendt, Joachim. The Jazz Book
- Carlton, Jim. Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists
- Cooke, Mervyn. Pat Metheny: The ECM Years
- Epperson, Bruce. More Important than the Music: A History of Jazz Discography
- Erlewine, Michael. All Music Guide to Jazz
- Feather, Leonard and Gitler, Ira. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.
- Gioia, Ted. The History of Jazz
- Gioia, Ted. The Jazz Standards
- Kennedy, Rick. Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the Rise of America's Musical Grassroots
- Kennedy, Rick. Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music
- Kernfeld, Barry Dean, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (3 hardcover vols.)
- Kernfeld, Barry Dean. What to Listen for in Jazz
- Kernfeld, Barry Dean. The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz
- Kirchner, Bill, ed. The Oxford Companion to Jazz
- Marsalis, Wynton. Marsalis on Music.
- Milkowski, Bill. Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius
- Millard, Andre. America on Record: A History of Record Sound
- Milner, Greg. Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music
- Niles, Richard. The Pat Metheny Interviews
- Ratliff, Ben. The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music
- Sallis, James. The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology
- Yanow, Scott. Classic Jazz
- Yanow, Scott. The Great Jazz Guitarists
- Yanow, Scott. Swing
Portals