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Jazz and Blues

Resources for research in the genres of jazz and blues.

Streaming Audio and Video

Music & Performing Arts
(extensive audio and video for classical, opera, jazz, world, & American music)

CDs

CDs by specific composers/performers can be found by doing an advanced search in the online catalog with the format limited to compact disc.

The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz
Call Number: CD M1366.S556 v.1-5 1987
The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music
Call Number: CD M1670 .L66 2001
Afro-American Music: A Demonstration Recording by James, W.
Call Number: CD ML3556 .J42 2001
Blues Masters: The Essential Blues Collection
Call Number: CD7503 - 7508
Piano Blues: The Essential by Document Records
Call Number: CD13017
Jazz Styles: History and Analysis: Demonstration Compact Disc by Gridley, M.
Call Number: CD13379

DVD and VHS Videos

Videos by specific composers/performers can be found by doing an advanced search in the online catalog with the format limited to video recording.

The Greatest Jazz Films Ever
Call Number: DVD M1366 .G7 2003
Improvisation
Call Number: DVD M1366 .I53 2007
Jazz Giants of the 20th Century
Call Number: DVD M1366 .J2936 2007
The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music
Call Number: DVD M1670.L66 2001
Jazz by Burns, K
Call Number: DVD ML3506.J38 2000 vol.1-10
Jazz on a Summer’s Day by Stern, B.
Call Number: DVD ML3506.J39 2000
A Great Day in Harlem
Call Number: DVD ML3508.G73 1999
The Blues: A Musical Journey by Martin Scorsese, Executive Producer
Call Number: DVD ML3521 .M372 2003 Pts. 1-7
Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years
Call Number: DVD ML38 .M778 M64 1998
Films for the Humanities and Sciences: The Jazz Collection by Arnaud, G.
Call Number: DVD ML395 .J42 2005 Vol. 1-10
Jazz: Anyone Can Improvise by Aebersold, J.
Call Number: DVD MT68.A4 J3 1900