Curious about jazz or love it already? The library has streaming music (you’ll find additional information about ways to listen on the Internet too) and films. We also have DVDs and CDs as well as lots of ebooks and print books. Under organizations and museums, you will find spaces that offer live jazz and and also have resources for listeners and musicians. If you are new to jazz, you’ll find that jazz is amazingly diverse; you’ll want to explore current and historical styles as you begin to develop your own tastes and preferences. Jazz is alive and well and we are very privileged to be in New York City where live performances regularly occur in clubs and outdoors. All About Jazz is a good website (and print publication) to find interviews, record reviews, and listings of local live performances.
Streaming documentaries on jazz in Academic Video Online (AVON) (requires login off-campus)
DVDs to watch Ken Burn’s epic documentary on jazz is in the library. Find the 10 DVD set in Multimedia, DVD 1858. You can borrow DVDs for seven days.
- The library’s Naxos Music Library requires log in from off-campus. Look for jazz as a category.
- WBGO and WKCR are two local radio stations that frequently play jazz. You can also browse jazz programming on NPR.
- Listeners can also browse Bandcamp.
Better Git It in Your Soul, an Interpretative Biography of Charles Mingus 
Beyond A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album 
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker 
From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz 
Jazz and Justice : Racism and the Political Economy of the Music 
Jazz Cultures 
Listen to This: Miles Davis and Bitches Brew 
Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams 
Why Jazz Happened
Cambridge Companion to Jazz 
Considering Genius : Writings on Jazz 
Jazz Styles : History & Analysis 
Listening to Jazz 
Louis Armstrong : An Extravagant Life 
Thelonious Monk : The Life and Times of an American Original 
A New History of Jazz 
So What : The Life of Miles Davis 
Wynton Marsalis–Skain’s Domain : A Biography
African American Music Reference books
Browse ebooks on jazz in African American Music Reference
- The Smithsonian Museum has a great section of their website devoted to jazz. We found it looking for more information about Latin jazz.
- Interested in avant-garde jazz? Arts for Art is an organization that supports edgier jazz. Their annual Vision Festival is held in Brooklyn at Roulette on Atlantic Avenue.
- Prefer more traditional jazz? Jazz at Lincoln Center is a great resource not only to hear live music but to learn about jazz and how to play it.
