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Also, This month's feature on Net Radio is Tommy Dorsey
Past features include Dizzy Gillespie
and John Coltrane

Check out the first full-time traditional Jazz Station broadcasting on the Internet:
WBGO, Jazz 88.3 FM Live from New York, New Jersey

Or, check out the following stations from Audionet
Audionet changes their stations often, so here's their main jazz links:
Currently Broadcasting Jazz Stations
Currently Broadcasting Blues Stations
Audionet CD Jukebox With Many Jazz and Blues formats

And here are a couple that use Microsoft's Net Show, which you can download Here
Jazzy 107 Net Show Internet only commercial free Jazz
Jazz FM Net Show

These sites are not always live, but are put here because they are nice when they're up:
CD 101.9 NY Plus: Their Top 10 Playlist

Jazz Chat

The History of Jazz

I have been asked by many of our readers for more on Jazz History.
Here are five of the more outstanding web sites on the subject:
 The History of Jazz
The Evolution of Jazz
A Short History of Jazz
Styles of Jazz - a Map
A Timeline for the history of Jazz
Plus, our own Jazz history and facts from the NY Times.
A sampling of what's Up:

Cool Jazz Links

Over 200 Links to: 'zines, lists, catalogs, newsletters, sounds, links, record labels, catalog stores, clubs, artists, IRC w/ Jazz artists, radio stations, history, etc. etc. etc.
Next to an Artist's name is a link to view, purchase, and sometimes listen to clips from their available CD's. When an artist has highlighted with multiple bands, all bands will be displayed.

  1. 111 BNB A Jazz B&B Inn in Albuquerque NM - Cool!
  2. Absolutely Jazz A virtual mirror of Red Hot and Cool Jazz. Use this one when you have trouble getting here.
  3. Acid Jazz Server Includes mailing lists and FAQ's on the subject + links
  4. Acid Jazz Australia Lots of links - except Australian ones???
  5. Akers-Mic Jazz CD's, Laserdiscs, & Audio/Video Hardware from Norway
  6. Albert Ayler: His Life & Music Great Bio, 264 KBytes + more Available CD's
  7. All About Jazz A 'zine for jazz fans by jazz fans. Very nice, very complete
  8. Allegro Jazz & classical music distributor - site includes sound bytes
  9. The All Internet Shopping Directory Records, CD's, & Cassettes section
  10. AMM Lipstick Homepage JazzLine Records
  11. Articulate Jazz Very nice resource for jazz artists and critique
  12. The Atlantic Jazz Gallery from Rhino Records + other Rhino Jazz
  13. Atlantic Records Home page Artists, tours, etc.
  14. Austin Jazz Workshop Bringing Jazz musicians to the inner city classroom
  15. Bemol 9 Vocal Big Band From Montreal. With sound clips
  16. Big Groovy's Seattle Jazz Page
  17. The Billboard charts No longer includes Jazz, but has R&B
  18. Birdland CD's, reviews, sounds, and more from Australia
  19. The Biz Entertainment 'zine absorbed by pathfinder, but still has some jazz articles
  20. The Blue Highway Nice list of blues resources. (Well, Blues is Jazz's father)
  21. Blues Net Blues resource center
  22. Blues World Photos, articles, festivals, sounds, great links page, & more
  23. The Blue Note Cafe Events plus IRC with artists at the famous club in NYC
  24. Blue Note Records Now that's jazz!
  25. Brazilian Music in Portuguese or in English
  26. Cascade Blues Non-profit assoc. in Portland
  27. Cassette House Cassette supplies & blanks
  28. CD Banzai! Home Page Specializing in imports. 1/2 million titles!
  29. CD Express Music/cd/gifts/commerce
  30. CD Land
  31. CD Now Large CD store with some nice features.
  32. CD's from Pentagon Yet another CD store with Top 10 Jazz Albums at Pentagon, from Billboard
  33. CD Universe CD store with large jazz & blues catalog, sound clips, and the lowest prices on the 'net. Also with Top 10 charts Big 2-4 week sale starting Wed. Feb 4
  34. CD World A large discount Internet Music store. Includes music videos
  35. Centre Square's Music Page Western NJ - Eastern PA server
  36. Changing Tones Records Includes songs of Jimi Hendrix for Jazz piano
  37. cJazz Contemporary Jazz reviews, charts, articles, and more
  38. John Coltrane Discography Available CD's
  39. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Great site on the master
  40. Julian Coryell Home CD's, Sound clips, shows of Larry Coryell's son Available CD's
  41. Counterpoint Music Jazz CD's. Good selection, good sales, top 10's at discount
  42. The Crescent Jazz Orchestra English home page of Big Band from Japan or Japanese home
  43. Da Capo Jazz/Blues Catalog JazzNET: The 'Zine on Books
  44. The Art of Miles Davis See Miles' paintings and drawings (in 3 languages)
  45. Miles Davis Discography In Hypertext Available CD's
  46. Eric Dolphy Discography In Hypertext and also here organized differently
  47. Another Eric Dolphy Page With Sound Clips Available CD's
  48. Dr. Wax New & used CD's, LP's & Cassette
  49. Earshot Jazz Northwest Jazz Happenings with monthly newsletter
  50. The Eccentric Afro Rare and out of print Vinyl from Greece
  51. ECM Records
  52. Edmonton Jazzgate Complete list of jazz resources in Edmonton, Canada
  53. The Electric Gallery with cool jazz art
  54. EMI Records In Holland, but includes Blue Note Records, and Jazz info in their 'zine
  55. Epistrophy The Jazz Literature Archive
  56. European Free Improvisation Home Page University of Sheffield
  57. Bill Evans Jazz ResourcePlus a list of his Available CD's
  58. The Ever Expanding Web Music Listing Large list of band. artists, web sites
  59. eye 'zine from ECM's Infinity
  60. Festival Finder Jazz Page for North American Festivals. Includes dates + Phone Numbers
  61. Galaxy's Jazz Page Major link service (ala yahoo) Jazz Page
  62. Gear Inc Very cool Jazz and Blues T-Shirts. Show off your good taste!
  63. Gene Lees Jazzletter Articles on Jazz & jazz-related item store.
  64. Gimli Records New jazz from Scandinavia
  65. Darrell Grant Home Page Jazz pianist. Reviews and sound clips.Available CD's
  66. A Great Day in Harlem Cool Image Map
  67. Greenwich Village Music Guide My favorite place
  68. ^Groove^ Jazzateria includes Jazz as played on the Hammond B3 organ. Also here
  69. H&B Recordings Jazz and classical CD's and videos
  70. Hard Bop Cafe Jazz Home Page Jazz in Winnipeg and Canada
  71. Harmolodic News and more on SF area jazz. Great stuff on Ornette
  72. Harmony Music List Searchable Music resources from UC San Diego
  73. The Hornheads Home Acepella Jazz/Funk Band formerly with
  74. Hot Clube de Portugal Non-profit Org for Jazz Development in Portugal
  75. House of Blues Online or here
  76. Igmod Records Independent Jazz record label with growing list of artists.
  77. The International Lyrics Server Search by Artist or song
  78. Internotes New York City Music Scene Music, Bands, Dates, Clubs
  79. InterJazz Host many jazz artist pages, jazz clubs, IRC with artists, and more
  80. IUMA's Jazz Listings Internet Underground Music Archive's Jazz listings
  81. Bob James, Jeff Golub Avenue Blue and Rick Braun Home Page Home for all 3 musicians
  82. Jazz Artists Search Engine Search by name or instrument, plus great links to clubs and festivals
  83. Jazz at Lincoln Center Includes Film, talk, special events, and Jazz for young people
  84. JazClass Lessons in Jazz & Blues for beginners + sheet music & Midi files
  85. Jazz Central Station Possibly the best Jazz site on the web
  86. Jazz Clubs around the World
  87. The Jazz Composers Collective A non-profit, musician-run composers forum based in NYC
  88. Jazz Corner Sample music from over 30 artists, and purchase their cd's
  89. Jazz en Villeneuvois Festival in hommage to Sidney Bechet in July '97
  90. Jazz Facts Net 'zine from the Netherlands
  91. The Jazz Fan Attic Nicely organized Jazz links from Canada
  92. Jazz Focus Records New Jazz Label out of Calgary. Support new jazz ;)
  93. Jazz in France Festivals, 'zines, media, & Golden Django awards
  94. Jazz Guitar Resources Links to two Jazz Guitar sites: Lessons, Jpeg's more...
  95. Jazz Improvisation Articles and Links
  96. Jazz Inspiration Home page
  97. Jazz Inspiration Records
  98. Jazz-L Jazz mailing list, with nice Top 100 List
  99. Jazz Labels on the Internet
  100. Jazzline NY & Conn. Jazz & Blues
  101. Jazz Links of the World Brings you: Radio Stations,  Record Labels , Festivals ,  and Education from Piotr Marek
  102. Jazz Net Jazz and Blues, News and Views
  103. Jazz Now Interactive The Jazz World Magazine. Cool 'zine that includes sound clips
  104. Jazz Ovation Female commercial jazz in Boston. Beware: Huge graphics.
  105. The Jazz Owl Weekly Jazz Classic Reviews of classic albums and bi-weekly profiles
  106. The Jazz Photography of Ray Avery
  107. Jazzology New Orleans Catalog
  108. JAZZ Online News, informations, and other services
  109. Jazz Radio List of Jazz Radio Stations on and off the 'net
  110. JazzRed Jazz 'zine from Spain (in Spanish)
  111. Jazz, Roots, Rhythms San Francisco Jazz, Gospel, Blues 'zine. Very Nice.
  112. Jazz Services Promoting the growth and development of jazz within the UK
  113. The Jazz Store Jazz Merchandise including over 300 jazz videos
  114. JazzWeb Information server
  115. Jazz West Coast Jazz 'zine for KLON Radio or here. Jazz scene in LA
  116. Jazz World Includes some artists, NYC clubs, photos
  117. Jim's Ithaca Music Shop CD's, CD-Roms and Books. Includes $8 CD's
  118. Just the Blues Includes great sound clips
  119. JVC Jazz Festival
  120. Kansas City Jazz Ambassador's Magazine Otherwise known as Jazz JAM
  121. King Biscuit Blues LOADED with wav files and LOTS more.
  122. Knitting Factory Live cybercasts nightly from NYC's hippest music club + more
  123. Steve Lacy discography HAD to include this... he's family :)Available CD's
  124. Steve Lacy Senators Official Steve Lacy Home Page
  125. Let's Groove Underground Jazz links, esp. Acid Jazz
  126. Louisiana Music Archive and Artist Directory Guide to New Orleans and Louisiana music online
  127. Magic Island Includes Leonard Feather Scrapbook preview
  128. The Mammoth Music Meta-List from VIBE Magazine
  129. The Manhattan Transfer Fan Club Home Page Includes discography Available CD's
  130. Massive Brings Global Web Groove (according to 'Wired')
  131. Kitty Margolis' Jazz Spot Kitty just won the 1997 BAMMIE for "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist!"Available CD's
  132. The M-Base Collective Plus the music of Steve Coleman- interesting stuff
  133. The Dave McMurray Show Home page of Warner Bros. jazz artist Available CD's
  134. Meanderings Jazz/Blues/etc. 'zine
  135. CBC Radio on the Internet CBC Radio in Canada
  136. Pat Metheny Home Page The official one, plus Another very nice one And also, his Available CD's
  137. The MIDI Jazz Network MIDI collaboration in cyberspace
  138. Milestones Very nice Miles Davis site Available CD's
  139. Charles Mingus Home Page Discography, Filmography and more
  140. The Real Mingus Web from Sue Mingus Available CD's
  141. Thelonious Monk Discography, pictures, compositions, links, even wallpaper Available CD's
  142. Montreux Jazz Festival
  143. The Motown Home Page (includes MoJazz)
  144. Mr. Lucky A celebration of centric jazz and cocktails
  145. The Muse Jazz Magazine All Jazz @ the Muse - British mag with reviews, clubs, interviews, etc.
  146. Musi-Cal Search for live music by artist, location, venue, or event
  147. Music Boulevard CD's & tapes. Will E-Mail you list of jazz CD's on sale.
  148. Music by E-Mail CD's from Europe & Japan. Includes Japanese Blue Note catalog.
  149. Music Central from the Microsoft Network (MSN) Good searchable Artist database + reviews
  150. Music Connection CD's
  151. Musicians' Intellectual Law & Resources Links Great list for the protection of musicians
  152. Music Interactive Label with jazz (& other) artists
  153. Music Resources on the Internet Huge list of www, gopher, telnet, and ftp sites
  154. The Music Store Jazz & Blues Books
  155. Music Mailing Lists or, how to crash your disk with excessive E-Mail
  156. NetCetera Jazz Facts from the Netherlands
  157. NYC Music Archive from Internotes
  158. NYC Music Reference From Citysearch. Clubs, events, more
  159. NY Music Clubs Includes links to clubs - from Internotes.
  160. NorthWest Jazz Seattle Area Jazz, 'zines, Drum Education, more
  161. Offshore Music Check out the Jazz scene in San Diego
  162. Original Jazz Charts Original Jazz with MIDI clips
  163. Oz Jazz The Australian jazz scene
  164. Pangaea World Orchestra World Jazz with lots of sound clips (RA, MIDI, WAV & AIF)
  165. Charlie Parker Discography Happy Birthday Bird! (190,408 Bytes)Available CD's
  166. Passage Records Contemporary Jazz Label
  167. The People of Jazz Index Great list of Jazz Artists. Also found: Here
  168. Pollstar The Concert Hotwire. Search for shows by Artist, City, or Venue. Great!
  169. Pullen Music New Jazz label from Litchfield, Ct.
  170. Radio Stations on the Internet (On the Air) Live radio + links to radio stations web sites.
  171. Razzmajazz Jazz club with sounds, heavy graphics, cd's for sample & sale and more
  172. REEL.com     For great prices on Music DVD's and Video Tapes with cheap shipping and the best pre-release prices.
  173. Steve Reid and Bamboo Forest Founding member (drummer) of the Rippingtons new band Available CD's
  174. The Official Rippingtons Home Page Plus A Fan Page and also, a list of their Available CD's
  175. rec.music.bluenote THE Usenet News source for Jazz news, chat, etc.
  176. rec.music.bluenote.blues For our Blues fans
  177. Zoltan Sagi Home Jazz composer, musician from the UK. Includes Real Audio clips
  178. SF Bay Area Underground Music
  179. The Similarities Engine Tell it 5 CD's you like & it will recommend others
  180. Soho Nightlife Nice guide to cool section of London
  181. Styles of Jazz - a map
  182. Sonic Images Home Page
  183. Sonic Net Real Audio streamed live concerts.
  184. Sony Music
  185. Sound City's Good Vibe Zone
  186. Sound Wire's Home Page
  187. Sun Ra and the Arkestra Saturn Record's Home for the late great one Available CD's
  188. Sun Ra Discography Info on 130 of the master's recordings and more
  189. Susan Sutton Trio Local Jazz trio from Sonoma, Ca. - 1 of my favorite places.
  190. Rich Szabo Big Band Home page for cool band from NY
  191. Telarc Records Jazz, Blues, and Classical. Some great artists
  192. TimeOut Guides to 7 cities for clubs, etc. (Only NYC & SF in US)
  193. Time Warp Records Dealer of rare and vintage albums
  194. Tower Records Requires extra software download.
  195. Transculturational jazz Plus Jazz info from the Netherlands - In Dutch & English
  196. The Trilogy Big Band from Kansas City. Includes clips of their CD's Available CD's
  197. The Trombone Home Page Includes Jazz trombone artists
  198. TshirtNOW's Megastore Huge supply of Blues & Jazz T's
  199. Twin Cities Jazz Society Nice list of what's happenin' in the Twin cities
  200. The ultimate band list Great list of artists
  201. Verve Interactive Record Label includes Real Audio sound clips
  202. VIBE online
  203. Village Voice Entertainment Guide What's up in NYC from the Village Voice
  204. Virgin Records Megaweb in English and French Worth the trip!
  205. Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues from Australia. Also has some nice links
  206. Wa Nu Records Jazz, Blues, etc. from Hawaii
  207. Warner Bros. JazzSpace or for their main site: WB Records Home
  208. What is Jazz Four part lecture by Billy Taylor from the Internet Town Hall
  209. Gene Williams Home Acid Jazz artist with a great home page
  210. Wilson and Alroy's record reviews Includes reviews of Trane & Monk albums.
  211. WNUR Radio JazzWeb
  212. Worcester Jazz Scene Worcester County, Mass.
  213. World Wide Music CD's & Cassettes plus sound clips from albums
  214. World Wide Jazz Festivals, clubs, groups & links
  215. The World Wide Web of Music
  216. WWW Music Database On-line searchable database of Artists/Albums
  217. Yahoo's large list of Artists
  218. Yahoo - Jazz Very nice list. And it includes Red Hot and Cool Jazz ;)
  219. Yahoo - Records and Tapes

Hot Jazz Clips

These are approx. 30 sec. Real Audio 2.0 format sampled at 11,025 Hz, 8 Bit (Unless noted otherwise). Click on the musician's name to download the file.
The WAV format files are no longer available, since my provider complained about the storage space required to hold them.

Real Audio: You can get the Real Audio player Here.

Instructions:

This is NOT a Real Audio server, so for all files below, you must load the entire file before you are able to play it. File sizes are also shown. The one exception is the Sun Ra Clip which is a normal streamed Real Audio file that is not stored on this server.

  1. John Coltrane 59 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'My Favorite Things' from 'My Favorite Things', © Atlantic, 1961

  2. Horace Silver 62 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Song for my Father' from 'Song for my Father', © Blue Note, 1963-64

  3. Miles Davis 65 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Blue is Green' from 'Kind of Blue', © Columbia, 1959

  4. Bird 62 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Billie's Bounce' from 'The Charlie Parker Story', © Savoy

  5. Charles Mingus 78 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Epitaph, Part 1' from Town Hall Concert, © Blue Note/Solid State, 1962

  6. Joe Williams 59 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Going to Chicago Blues' from 'Nothin' but the Blues', © Delos, 1983

  7. Duke Ellington 62 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Three Dances' from 'Black, Brown and Beige', © RCA, 1944

  8. Eric Dolphy 129 KBytes. View a list of his Available CD's

    'Miss Ann' from 'Far Cry', © Prestige/New Jazz, 1960 - Over 1 minute


And here's a RealAudio concert from Sonic Net My favorite band: Sun Ra Arkestra. In concert. (22 Minutes/Streamed RealAudio). View a list of his Available CD's

Care to load a little travelin' music?

Load and loop Earl Hooker's Blue Guitar
Copyright © Rhino Records Inc., 1992
from Blues Masters, Volume 2

It's a 151-k, 14-second wav or a 27-k ra. View a list of his Available CD's

What's Up at Red Hot and Cool Jazz

Special at CD Universe & Red Hot and Cool Jazz. The profits from this two disc set go to Diana's Charities. It's on sale for less than $10/disc. I know it's not jazz, but if you don't like rock, pick one up for your kids or a holiday present for someone you love.
Diana Princess Of Wales Tribute

New online Jazz Radio and also Jazz Chat

Skating From The Poetry Society. Jazz in prose or rhyme.

Congratulations to Wynton Marsalis for winning the first Pulitzer Prize ever for Jazz Music.
Awarded to "Blood on the Fields" by Wynton Marsalis, premiered on January 28, 1997 at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
For more information, visit the Pulitzer Home Page or their 1997 Music Page
Also, Check out the Wynton Marsalis Catalog at CD Universe to see his discography, read his bio, or listen to tracks from some of his CD's.
Click here for a Real Audio 3.0 sample from the first movement.

Celebrate Tony Williams life. Jazz Central Station chose Tony as their featured artist in January. Tony died of a heart attack Feb. 23 at the age of 51. He was perhaps the greatest drummer of all time. View a list of his Available CD's

CD Universe at Red Hot and Cool Jazz Listen to Sound Clips of Tony's albums at Jazz Central Station, then return here to browse his discography and purchase his CD's at lower prices.

Two new sections on RH&C Jazz, suggested by our readers:


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Jazzheads Records has selected Red Hot and Cool Jazz as their Jazz site of the week last summer. Check out their cool Jazz Site Archives.

Check out the huge selections of Jazz and Blues T-Shirts at TshirtNOW's Megastore

Syncopated Homecoming: Jazz Swings Back Uptown Interesting article about Jazz in Harlem from the NY Times

Just for fun... Some interesting Jazz history and facts from the NY Times.

There are links to the major www search engines at the bottom of this page to aid in finding your favorite artist or jazz site if you couldn't find it here.

I like to keep the links in this list CURRENT, and useful... e.g. no links to 1993 Jazz Festivals :) - So, if you can't find it at RH&C Jazz, you CAN find it on some of the sites that I link to.

Thanks to America Online for including Red Hot and Cool Jazz in the MUSIC section of their service as one of the top 10 music sites in their first listing of web pages. Now RH&C can be found under 'Other recent web sites' in AOL's music area.

And thanks also to aol for hosting this site. My rinky-dink Internet Service Provider, TZ-Link , got uptight when Red Hot & Cool Jazz attracted 3,000 hits/day!

And thanks to all the COOL Jazz fans from all over the world who have helped with all the great new sites... Keep them coming!

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