Jazz Links

 

• Tunes

  • ACE Database (ASCAP)

  • Aebersold Tune Index (pdf, download)

  • List of songs in Aebersold Play-A-Long series

  • Classic Themes .com (categorizations by composer, etc.)

  • Comprehensive Index of Jazz Sheet Music

  • Jazz Standards with keys, etc.

  • List of 1000 Jazz Standards

  • Los Angeles Public Library)

  • midomi.com (Tune search from audio)

  • Second Hand Songs (cover database)

  • 100 Tunes to Know (jazztrumpet.com)

  • Stan Getz Library Leadsheet Book Index (Berklee College of Music)

  • University of Washington Popular Song Index

  • List of Music Indexes (Long Island University)

   

• Music on the Web

  • Audio

    • Audio Snippets (Jazz in America)

    • Real Book Listening Guide

  • Indexes

    • Fake Books and Real Books

      • Fakebook Review (Google spreadsheet)

      • Jass Standards A to Z (compiled by Glenn Betcher)

      • Charles Anderson Tune Data

      • Fake Book Index (Seventh String)

      • Fake book Finder

      • Real Book Site (original, with tracks)

    • Lyrics

      • heptune lyrics

      • song-list.net

  • Chord Changes

    • Chord Charts that Transpose (how to use)

    • Burtie's Chord Book (MS Word .doc files)

    • Guitar Backing Tracks

    • iGigBook

    • iRealPro (formerly iRealBook, then iRealb)

    • MyRealBook.com

    • SongTrellis

    • Vanilla Book of chord changes (Ralph Patt)

      • Tunes categorized by tonal center

  • Charts and Sheets

    • Cadenza Music (previewable scores)

    • greatscores.com

    • wwww.jobim.org (Instituto Antonio Carlos Jobim)

    • musicnotes.com

    • pdfjazzmusic.com

    • Sheet Music Direct

    • 8notes.com

  • Jazz Discogrphies (jdisco.org)

  • Jazz Discography (jazzdiscography.com)

  • Leadsheets

    • Dave McCrea Leadsheets and BIAB files

    • Electronic Real Book

    • The Guitar Guy (lyrics with chords)

    • Hoagy Carmichael (Indiana University Collections)

    • jazzleadsheets.com

    • Jim's Fakebook (reharmonizations)

    • jazzpla.net (scanned leadsheets from fakebooks, Russian)

    • Kyle's Project

    • Leadsheet Notation

    • Bert Ligon Compositions

    • New Orleans JamBook

  • MIDI

    • Hammersound sound fonts

    • Jam Central (MIDI play-along tracks)

    • LAKH MIDI Dataset

    • MAHAMIDI --- Midi Files of John Mclaughlin

    • MIDI Explorer (search engine)

    • MidiWorld

    • notz midi files

    • Sheet Music

    • World Jazz midi files

    • TheJazzPage

    • Jazz Progressions (musicstudents.com)

    • vanbasco.com (Searchable Midi Files)

  • MP3

    • John Amato's Backing Tracks List

    • Beatriz Kauffman's Web Site (Brazilian music)

    • jazzpromo.com (free MP3's)

    • MP3 Review

    • Nuages du Swing (french)

    • Playalongstudio.com (free backing tracks, by Lee Griffith)

    • PlayAlongJazz.com

  • PlayJazzNow Play-Alongs (commercial)

  • Practice Loops

  • reallygoodmusic.com

  • Musicovery.com

  • Pandora

  • Song Finder

  • Spotify

  • Transcriptions

    • Armand Reynaud Transcriptions

    • alisdair.com

    • Barking Munchkin (Pat Martino and other guitar solo transcriptions)

    • Bass Transcriptions

    • Bert Ligon's Transcriptions

    • Bossa Nova Guitar (Jason Brazile)

    • Bud Powell Solos

    • C.Mark Halberstadt's Transcriptions in Eb key

    • Effective Solo Transcription (Jeff Helgesen)

    • Free Jazz Institute Transcriptions

    • Guitar Transcriptions (Joerg Heuser)

    • How to Transcribe (Seventh String Software)

    • jazzcenter.org

    • Jazz&Archtops (Brent Stuntzner Guitar Transcriptions)

    • Jazz Education Database

    • Jazzomat Research Project

    • Jazz transcriptions.co.uk

    • Jazznote.co.uk Jazz Transcription Service (Andrew Barton)

    • jazzTrumpetSolos.com

    • Jeff's trumpet solo transcriptions, etc.

    • Wolf Marshall's Guitarland

    • mindformusic.com

    • Lucas Pickford

    • Massimo Morrone transcriptions

    • Piano Madness (Colin Campbell)

    • Sax Solos (saxsolos.com)

    • Scooby-Sax Transcriptions

    • Steve Kahn (transcriptions, etc.)

    • EJMA Transcription Site

    • Evan Samuels

    • Transcription Links (MoneyChords.com)

    • saxopedia.com

    • Transcription Pool

    • Transcription Service (John McGann)

    • Transcriptions and Patterns (Charles McNeal)

    • Steve Neff Transcriptions

    • Barry Usher, Sax transcriptions

    • Nick Walters' Transcriptions

    • Trumpet Transcriptions (Jacques & Claude Gilbert)

    • Pascal Wetzel's HomePage (Bill Evans Transcriptions)

    • Yuval Shay-El Transcriptions

  • Titles

    • Gold Standard Song List (interactive explorer of tunes by genre and decade)

  • Videos

    • Jazz Videos (from All About Jazz)

    • Collection of Jazz Video (Bob Kaster)

    • Jazz on the Tube (search engine)

   

• Calculators

  • Barry Harris' Scale Reminder

  • Brian's huge chordlist collection (for string instruments)

  • ChordSounder

  • ChordTree

  • Circle of Fifths

  • Hexagon chord calculator

  • chordify.net

  • Chord Progression Generator

  • Chord Voicing Calculator (Mathematica-based)

  • Scales and Chords (Brian Blood)

  • ChordWizard spreadsheet (fretted instruments)

  • Interchart (Interactive Chord and Scale Chart)

  • Interval Class Vector Calculuator

  • musictheory.net (Animated theory lessons, trainers, chord calculators)

  • Piano and Guitar Chords and Scales

  • Scale Calculator and Chord Calculator (guitar-oriented)

  • ScaleMaster (rogame.com)

  • Set Theory (musical set theory)

  • Spectral and Roughness Analyzer (SRA)

  • Themefinder

  • VisiChord (Chord sequence visualizer developed at HMC)

   

• Music Software

  • abc format

  • Ars Nova Software

  • Audacity

  • Band-in-a-Box (PG Music)

    • BIAB Files (Wesley Dick)

    • BIAB links (Alisdair Macrae Birch)

    • Django in a Box

    • MIDI Studio Consortium

    • mmissary BIAB files

    • Norton Music (BIAB disks)

    • Tutorial (Larry Bolch)

  • Bol Processor BP2

  • Burnie's List (virtual instruments)

  • Chordino and NNLS Chroma

  • ChordPulse (Windows)

  • ChordSmith

  • Common Music Notation (Lisp-based)

  • Denemo (music notator)

  • Finale

  • forte (notation software)

  • FreeMusicSoftware.org

  • GenJam

  • gmorgan (sequencer for Linux)

  • GUIDO NoteServer

    • Keyboard Interface

  • Haskore (Paul Hudak)

  • Humdrum

  • Indaba Music

  • Internet Jamming (ejamming.com)

  • Impro-Visor (Improvisation Advisor)

  • JAM (Windows)

  • Jammer (Windows)

  • SoftSynth Links

  • jFugue

  • jMusic

  • Java Music Specification Language (JMSL)

  • Leadsheet Notation (pure text notation for leadsheets)

  • GNU Lily Pond

  • Melody Assistant (Myriad Software)

  • Harmony Navigator

  • Hooktheory

  • Max/MSP

    • Pure Data

    • jMax

  • Maximum Musician.com

  • MIDI Illustrator

  • MMA (Musical MIDI Accompaniment)

    • LeMMA (editor)

  • Mup (Arkkra Enterprises)

  • MusicDevelopments (RapidComposer)

  • MusES (Francois Pachet)

  • Musipedia

  • Music Notation Links

  • MuseScore

  • MusicXML

  • NIFF (Notation Interchange File Format)

  • NinJam (real-time music collaboration software)

  • noteflight.com

  • ocmusic.com (a variety of tools for piano, guitar, etc., Ontario Conservatory)

  • Progressionator (progression-generator)

  • PLUM (Progamming Languages Used for Music)

  • Random Chord Generator

  • Robin Schmidt's Music Engineering Tools

  • Score Writer (GenieSoft)

  • shortchord.org

  • Sibelius

  • SmartMusic

  • SuperCollider (programming language)

  • Symbolic Composer

  • Theta Music Trainer (several ear-training games)

  • THoTH (chord/scale analysis)

  • TuxGuitar (Guitar tab and playback)

  • Transcription software

    • Amazing SlowDowner

    • Capo 2 for Mac

    • intelliScore (audio to MIDI)

    • Slow Gold, Slow Blast!

    • Transcribe!

    • Transkriber (Reed Kotler)

  • ujam.com

  • Yamaha Keyboard Resource Site

   

• Explanations of Jazz

  • How to Listen to Jazz

  • Jazz Continuum (Graham Collier)

  • Jazz Improvisation and Organizing: Once More from the Top

  • So You Wanna Learn about Jazz?

  • What Is Jazz? (Billy Taylor)

   

• Instruction on the Web​

  • Dan Haerle material

  • All About Jazz

  • Bass Line Construction

    • James Walker

  • Blues Harmonica

  • Cello Companion Archive

  • Chord Changes

    • Cadences (MIDI files)

    • Giant Steps Changes (Bob Keller)

      • Concert version

      • Bb version

      • Eb version

    • Giant Steps Progression and Cycle Diagrams (Dan Adler)

    • Reno De Stefano (ii-V resolutions, Wes Montgomery, etc.)

    • Rhythm Changes

      • Rhythm Changes

      • What are "Rhythm Changes"?

      • Some Ideas for Playing Over Rhythm Changes (Carlos Barrientos)

      • Tunes based on

      • Not all Rhythm Changes Are Alike (Bob Keller)

    • Turnarounds

      • Eric Nemeyer

      • MoneyChords

  • Chord Melody (John Amato)

  • Easy Chord Melody (Will Kriski)

  • Common Sounds Found in Jazz

  • Glossaries

    • Etymology of "jazz"

    • Berklee Glossary

    • Definitions

    • Glossary with hyperlinked examples (Joe Craig, cyber school for music)

    • Glossary of Jazz Terms

  • Grove Dictionary on-line

  • Guitar

    • About Guitar (Good general artcles on chord structure)

    • Between the Licks (Bryan Helmig)

    • BobRussellGuitar.com

    • Fingerings

    • Guitar Chalk

    • Guitar Tricks

    • Jazz Guitar Handbook

    • Jazz Guitar Starting Right (Dave Woods)

    • Jazz Guitar Workshop (Steve Carter)

    • Power Chords

    • truefire.com

    • UbiGuitar

  • History

    • Jazz Histroy Online

    • Jazz History (Info Please)

    • International Jazz History Database

    • Noal Cohen's Jazz History Web Site

    • TimeLines​

      • Timeline from the Jazz Resource Library

    • Jazz Roots

    • Knowledge Web

    • Red Hot Jazz Archive

  • Improvisation

    • Cutting the Changes (Antonio J. Garcia)​

    • jkchang.com (Bebop Cookbook)

    • MIDI Backing Tracks for Various Modes (Music Teacher's Resource)

    • Backing tracks for various changes (commercial: jazznbluestracks.com/, free tutorials)

    • Berklee Shares.com

    • GoodVibes jazz solos (commercial)

    • Guide Tone Lines

    • Two Diatonic Superimpositions in Woody Shaw's Solo on "What is This Thing Called Love" (Keith Karns)

    • How To Improvise Jazz Melodies (Bob Keller)

    • How To Key-Map a Tune (Bob Keller)

    • I was doing all right

    • Impro-Visor (Jazz Improvisation Advisor) d

    • Improvising as a Lost Art (William Harris)

    • Improvisation in the Eighteenth Century (Martin Maner)

    • JazzAdvice.com

      • Visualization for Jazz Improvisation

    • Jazz Woodshed (for beginning bassists)

    • How Jazz Pianists Practice (Ted Rosenthal)

    • Jazz Improvisation Primer (Mark Sabatella)

    • musicstudents.com

    • Jazz Theory and Improvisation (Pete Thomas)

    • Lee Konitz on Improvisation

    • Musilsophy Improvisation Open Project

    • Simon Purcell

    • David Valdez

    • Variation Techniques for Composers and Improvisors (Larry Solomon)

    • TransJam WebDrum (networked group improvisation)

  • Interval Recognition Songs

  • Jazz articles (Frank Singer)

  • Jazz Resource Center (chords, scales, voicings, transcriptions)

  • Jazz-Sax.com

  • jazztrumpet.com (Pete Estabrook's site)

  • Jazz Resource Library (Monk Institute

  • Just Jazz Guitar

  • "Lego Bricks" Method

    • The New Guide to Harmony with Lego Bricks (Conrad Cork)

    • Insights in Jazz (John Elliott, dropback.co.uk)

    • Lego Field Guide (Bob Keller)

    • Scrambled Lego Bricks

    • Phil Clark's "Book of Lego" (posted with permission)

    • Impro-Visor 5.03 versions of Roadmaps in "Insights in Jazz" (work in progress)

  • Lessons and Education

    • Dave Frank Jazz

    • FreeJazzLessons.com

    • bassically.net Bass lesson

    • JazClass (Michael Furstner)

    • Jazz Education Database

    • Lesson Central (Vision Music, guitar oriented, but generally useful)

    • Lessons by:

      • Jeff Brent (piano voicings, etc.)

      • Rod Goelz (bass, guitar)

      • Tomas Karlsson (large set of jazz topics)

      • Lucas Pickford (discussion of scales)

      • Bob Russell (guitar)

      • www.pego.be

      • Willie Thomas (Jazz Everyone)

      • Matt Warnock (general, but guitar oriented)

    • Online Music Degree

    • Piano

      • Bill Cunliffe's Blog

      • JazzPiano OnLine

      • Educational Piano Resources

      • Learn Jazz Piano (Scott Ranney)

      • Learn-to-play-piano-online

      • lot2learn.com (Roger Friedman)

      • Music and You (jazz piano lessons)

      • Piano Basics (Edly Roseman)

      • PianoBible.com (index to videos by tune)

      • pianologist.com

      • PianoNanny

      • JazzPianoLessons.com (Willie Myette)

    • SoundFly.com Courses

    • TrumpetFish (Introductory exercises)

  • Licks

    • BopLand.org

    • Jazz Educational Material (Mike Nelson)

  • Making your Lines Sound More Like Jazz (Guitar-oriented, Alisdair MacRae Birch)

  • Money Chords (progressions, etc., guitar oriented)

  • Music in Our World

  • Music Novatory

  • Musiciansnews.com

  • Piano

    • How Jazz Pianists Practice (Ted Rosenthal)

    • pianomaster.es

    • pianoworld.com

  • Ronan Guilfoyle (essays, books)

  • planete-jazz.com (French)

  • Saxophone

    • Mel Martin's Jazz and Saxophone Website

    • Miles Osland (Saxophone)

    • saxontheweb.net

    • saxshed.com

  • Theory

    • Bimodalism

    • Harmonic Series (Catherine Schmidt-Jones)

    • Jazz Theory I & II (Hiroaki Honshuku)

    • Dr. Justin Henry Rubin

    • Musiciansnews.com

    • The Scale Omnibus

    • Star Theory

  • Secrets of Songwriting

  • "St. Thomas" Analysis (Steve Kahn)

  • Understanding Music Theory (Catherine Schmidt-Jones)

  • University of South Carolina Materials (Bert Ligon)

  • Vocal

    • Solfege (Wikipedia)

    • Tips on Popular Singing (Frank Sinatra)

    • Rhiannon

    • Michele Weir

    • jazzvocal.com

    • Vocal Visions​

  • Wilktone (David Wilken)

• Instruction Off the Web

  • Harrison School of Music

  • JazzBeat.com (Mike Longo)

  • Jazzinstitut Darmstadt

  • jazzmobile (Billy Taylor)

  • Jazz Piano Study Letter

  • JazzU (St. Louis, MO)

  • Jimmy Bruno Guitar Workshop (Guitar)

  • Rafael Mendez Brass Institute

  • The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

  • Nightbird Music (Jazzmaster workout, Jim Grantham)

  • Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute

  • Young Lions Jazz Conservatory

   

• Books, Charts, and Music off the Web

  • Abstract Logix (guitar-oriented)

  • activemusician.com

  • Advance Music

  • Jamey Aebersold

  • All Music Methods .com

  • Berklee College Bookstore

  • Boptism (Rich Willey)

  • Charles Colin

  • Cornerstone Books

  • CyberJaz

  • Discographies

    • jazzdisco.org

  • Ear Training

    • Ear Training on the Run

    • Earmaster (ear-training software)

    • Alisdair MacRae Birch's page

  • Billy Bauer's Music (Tristano, Bauer, Konitz, Marsh, Crothers tunes)

  • Django books

  • DS Music (UK)

  • ejazzlines.com

  • Forward Motion (Hal Galper)

  • Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.

  • GMN JazzPlus

  • Guavaberry Book

  • How Music Really Works! (Roedy Black)

  • HornCharts

  • Randy Hunter

  • Hal Leonard

  • Hard Bop Homepage

  • Hickey's Music Online

  • www.hornplace.com (books)

  • Jazz Cares

  • Jazz Education Store

  • Jazz First Books

  • Jazz Media Press (Jazz Vocal Techniques)

  • Jazz Path Music Publishing

  • Catalog of jazz piano transcriptions

  • jazzutopia.com

  • Kendor Music

  • Eddie Landsberg

  • Lotz Music Store

  • Lydian Chromatic Concept (George Russell)

    • Critical review, by J. Brent

  • Marina Music Service

  • Mel Bay Publications

  • Muse-Eek Publishing

  • Musician's Reference Library

  • Music Dispatch.com

  • Music Mart

  • OmniTone (John McNeil, et al.)

  • "Play Like a Pro"

  • Pender's Music

  • PianoPlace.com

  • Reservoir Music (CDs)

  • Tim Richards (Exploring Jazz Piano)

  • Jim Rousey

  • George Russell

  • Scarecrow Press

  • Sheet Music Service

  • Sheet Music Plus.com

  • Curt Sheller Publications

  • Sher Music Co.

  • Speaking Jazz (Peter Hata)

  • Visual Jazz Publications (Bob Taylor)

  • Wind Player site (Swiss)

  • Windplayer.com