WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION

Jazz improvisation students,the series of articles mentioned below are part of the syllabus for Jazz Improvisation courses: MUS 331 and 530 at UW Madison. Instructor: Prof. Joan Wildman

• Article 1. Aspects of jazz rhythm and accent

• Article 2. Jazz melody

• Article 3. Jazz harmony (available soon)

• A Jazz Improvisation Primer by Marc Sabatella, an excellent improvisation overview, is used as a resource work for the class.

JAZZ/BLUES

• Jazz Net-West West coast info plus Jazz Now magazine.
• European Free Improvisation Refreshing new page contains unique info
• Knitting Factory Former UW student, Michael Dorf's very successful enterprise in NYC. Includes club calendar plus new CD releases, etc.
• Hard Bop Cafe Canadian jazz, specifically from Winnipeg, includes national jazz news and musician info. Also, lists Italian jazz releases
• WNUR Jazz Server From Northwestern U. Includes a brief history of the music, discographies, bios and transcribed lectures from the New School
• Ray Avery's Photos & Sounds from Jazz in the fifties Excellent combination of photos and sounds
• Books about Jazz Basic bibliography
• Classic Pop Discography Includes info about Pete Rugolo, Billy May, etc.
• Charlie Parker Discography
• Miles Davis Discography
• John Coltrane Discography
• News about jazz players and their music from Usenet's rec. music "Bluenote."
• Dolphy One of our UW School of Music students, Joe Hellerstein has compiled an excellent Eric Dolphy page which includes a discography, recorded excerpts and even some of Joe's own masterful trumpet playing on some of Dolphy's compositions
• Blues Excellent information from the BluesNet home page

POP/COMMERCIAL

• The Music Kiosk All you ever wanted to know about many genres of contemporary pop music. Includes recorded examples
• Individual Artists Lots of info about various pop and rock artists
• MIDI Home Page Lots of good links both to technical information and sounds
• Sound Effects In case you want to sample sounds of broken glass, etc.

EDUCATION

• IRCAM Great music research site. Includes jazz MIDI files (Listen to Tatum play Blue Moon on your own gear!)
• Schools of Music Small listing of various musical offerings at different colleges and universities throughout the world
• American Universities Larger list but requires more work to discover musical information
• Many Music Topics Everything from Lute photos to a bibliography of Beethoven materials
• EMUSIC Digest Also contains a MIDI software gopher link and Internet Underground Music Archive
• Renaissance Instruments text, pictures, and sounds

Other Music

WORLD

• Mizik's Pages An extraordinary variety of world music, from north Africa to Cuba. Also international radio broadcasts plus the usual links to commercial record labels, etc. Very worthwhile/
• Peruvian Sounds
• Chinese Sounds
• Bulgarian Sounds
• Russian Sounds

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