Bibliography:
Needless to say, a lot of research has gone into this website, and I’m not able to list every book or website I have referred to in writing profiles, but here are a few of my ‘go to’ generic publications I have to hand:
- The Oxford Companion To Jazz, edited by Bill Kirchner
- Jazz: The Essential Companion, by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather and Brian Priestley
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, by Richard Cook & Brian Morton
- Jazz Diaspora, by Bruce Johnson
- Jazz Planet, edited by E Taylor Atkins
I have also used Wikipedia and Google, of course, revealing a surprising amount of contradictory information about artists, which I have tried, where possible, to resolve to my own satisfaction at least.
In order to research jazz history in specific countries and continents, I have additionally made use of the following:
AFRICA:
- Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times, by Robin D. G. Kelley
- Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos, by Gary Stewart
ASIA:
- Shanghai’s Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics, 1919-1954, by Andrew Field
- Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan, by E. Taylor Atkins
- American Popular Music in Britain’s Raj, By Bradley Shope
- Various articles from the Indian Times, Hindustan Express, China Daily, etc
EUROPE:
- Who’s Who of British Jazz, by John Chilton
- I’ve recently discovered a series of books by Tony Adam, where he review modern jazz and fusion recordings from across Europe. These have been very useful in guiding some of my listening in the more obscure corners of European jazz.
- I wish I had enough money to purchase the impressive tome, ‘Jazz in Europe‘ edited by Francesco Martinelli, as I suspect that I’m rather re-inventing the wheel in my profiles of European jazz scenes. On a similar note of wishful thinking, in an ideal world I would purchase a subscription to Grove Music Online, as they seem to have commissioned profiles of an extraordinary number of international jazz musicians.
NORTH AMERICA:
- There’s an excellent online Canadian Encyclopaedia, with good music content. The aforementioned Oxford Companion also has a little info on Canada and Cuba.
OCEANIA:
- Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964, by Chris Bourke
SOUTH AMERICA:
- Jazz Planet and the Oxford Companion are both proving useful here
Photography:
If you are a photographer, whose image I have used, please let me know and I will be happy to either credit you, or remove the image. I’m afraid this website is not a financial enterprise, so I have no budget available.
