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Welcome to the Jazz and Popular Music subject guide
Key jazz and popular music resources
Audio
- Naxos Music Library JazzProvides streaming music, cover artwork, biographies and more. This resource concentrates on jazz music, featuring music and artists from labels such Blue Note Records and Fantasy eg. Herbie Handcokc, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and more.
- Australian Jazz Real BookThe Australian Jazz Real Book is the definitive collection of the best Australian jazz tunes. Features over 400 sheets of Australian jazz tunes from Australian composers, curated into seventeen styles, as well as artist biographies and some streaming audio clips.
Dictionaries & encyclopedias
- Grove Music OnlineAn authorative resource for music research covering the history, theory and cultures of music from around the world. Contains detailed music definitions, performer and composer biographies including works produced, score, audio and image examples.
- Encyclopedia of Popular MusicFeaturing a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals.
Journal articles
- Music and Sound (Bloomsbury)Provides access to reference and scholarship level content and a variety of learning resources across a range of subject areas in music and sound studies including scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide from the mid-20th century to the present day. It supports courses in ethnomusicology, the performing arts, media and communication, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology.
- Music Periodicals Database (ProQuest)Provides full text access to scholarly and trade/practice articles covering all aspects of music.
- Rock's BackpagesProvides access to the newspaper and magazine articles, audio interviews and reviews from music writers and critics.
- Music IDProvides global music industry data from Billboard and streaming services about music charts (current and historical), music downloads, and revenue.
- Music Index (EBSCOhost)Provides citations and abstracts of articles from scholarly journals and other sources and covers all genres of music.
- Taylor and Francis JournalsJournals and other publications for all disciplines published by Taylor and Francis.
