Further Information

DownBeatJazz
Includes a biographies, photo galleries,classic articles and a lengthy discographies with audio clips.

All About Jazz
Offers monthly columns, active chat forum, and browsable archive including artists' profiles, photos, gigs, festivals, news, reviews, and interviews.

The Red Hot Jazz Archive
History of Jazz before 1930 - contains over 2000 songs from this era in Real Audio format, as well as hundreds of biographies and discographies.

The Big Bands Database
Huge and varied resource on all big bands/orchestras with tons of info including glossaries, style overviews, a calendar of worldwide events and two compelling features, Who Wrote What? and Slang: A Hipster's Lexicon.

Swingin' Down The Lane
US radio site dedicated to keeping the Big Band era alive - news, trivia and a chat room.


WDR Big Band in Cologne

Netherlands Metropole Orchestra

HR Big Band in Frankfurt

Vienna Art Orchestra

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Count Basie Orchestra

Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra


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