Original Jazz Charts

Musicians on the net can post images of charts of their original tunes to this area (see below for submission guidelines). MIDI files (preferably with General MIDI patch changes), notation software files and the like are also welcome.

Most of these composers are regular readers of the Usenet group rec.music.bluenote. You are encouraged to play their tunes and post comments to r.m.b. That's one of the purposes of this link!

If you would like to play a tune in public, however, you should ask the composer first to see if that is o.k. You and the composer may have very different interpretations of the same chart!

You probably got here via the WNUR Jazz server. If not, then you should check it out by clicking here.

I've written a short description of the overtone series for strings, which you can look at here. There are a couple of other education links there as well.

Submission Guidelines

The Original Jazz Charts link is maintained by Sam Hokin. There are three ways you can place your original charts here:
  1. Create an HTML page with links to image files on your own server.
  2. Upload scans of your charts and associated text to Sam.
  3. Mail your charts and e-mail associated text to Sam, who will scan the charts and place them here.
If you scan your charts, please do it in "line-art" mode (1-bit) at 300 dpi, so that the resulting GIF is reasonably small (around 100 kB), yet has enough detail for full-size printing (around 2500x3500 pixels). If you can't convert the scan to GIF format, Sam probably can.

If you'd like Sam to scan your charts, make sure they are clear, readable, high contrast copies so he doesn't have to touch up the images.

In addition, you are asked to write a short biography of yourself. What instruments do you play? Who are your biggest influences? Do you play out, and, if so, where and with what group? What's your e-mail address?

Songs with lyrics can have the lyrics written on the chart or listed separately as a text link.

If you're interested in posting your own tunes, contact Sam.

Don't Be Shy!

Only a few brave composers have sent me their charts, while there have been over 2000 unique host accesses. That means there's a lot of musicians out there that are holding back! Don't be shy -- SEND ME YOUR CHARTS!

The Charts!

Original Jazz Charts / Sam Hokin / hokin@juno.physics.wisc.edu