Finding Jazz Materials in the ASU Libraries

TO FIND RECORDINGS FOR LISTENING:

NOTE: Use WNCLN's Library Catalog to find jazz materials.
For general listening:
- Do a SUBJECT search using the terms "Jazz" or "Big band music" or "Jazz vocals."
- Use Related terms: "Blues (Music)" or "Ragtime music."
To find specific performers:
- Do an AUTHOR search on the performer's last and first name: e.g. "Parker, Charlie"
- If that retrieves little or nothing, do a WORD search using last name of performer, then LIMIT by location to Appalachian library.
- Note: Usually only the leader or principal performers are indexed in the catalog. If a musician worked as a sideman, use reference books to find the names of leaders he worked with, or read program notes of recorded anthologies.
- Ask for Resource Manual at Music Circulation, to see a printed listing of recordings owned by the Music Library, arranged by principal performer.
To find specific pieces:
- Do a TITLE search for title or piece. If little or nothing is retrieved:
- Select "W" - same search as WORD search.
Anthologies:
- Individuals and groups for which we have no separate recordings may be included in one of the following anthologies:
  - Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, 6 discs (records 5926-5931)
  - Jazz (Folkways Records) 11 discs (records 5763-5773)
  - Big Band Jazz, 6 discs (records 10094-10099)
  - Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands, 6 discs (records 10088-10093)
  - New World Recorded Anthology of American Music. (various numbers; see Index, Ref. ML 156.9 .D38)
- Consult the record jackets or program booklets for detailed information on performers and pieces recorded.

TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT JAZZ:

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. (Ref. ML 102 .J3 N48 1988) The best first source. For certain performers in genres related to jazz, see also The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. (Ref. ML 101 .U6 N48 1986)
BROWSING another excellent approach when you aren't sure what you are looking for. Look on the book shelves for the class numbers:

ML 3509 Jazz in general

ML 3518 Big band jazz

ML 3521 Blues and Rhythm and Blues

Do a SUBJECT search in WNCLN's Library Catalog , using term "Jazz" plus term "dictionaries," "discography," or "history and criticism" to find more specific kinds of books on the topic of jazz.
Do a SUBJECT search using the phrase "Jazz musicians", or the last name, first name of the musician, to find biographies of jazz performers.
Try BROADER or RELATED terms: "Afro-American music," "Blues (Music)" or "Ragtime music."
Magazine and journal ARTICLES on jazz topics can be found by using International Index to Music Periodicals and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

TO PLAY ALONG:

Instructional tapes (CDs 3201- )

The Music Library owns a large set of play-along CDs (with booklets) on various jazz styles, produced by Jamey Aebersold. Perfomers enrolled in jazz ensembles will be on a list approved by the faculty members in charge of the class may check out the key to the Jazz Inprovisation Lab (Broyhill Music Center, Room 452) The tape and music booklet may be checked out to take to the Lab for four hours at a time (though the key MUST BE RETURNED each day before the Music Library closes.)

To see what styles are covered, browse through the booklets shelved with the record jackets.

JOURNALS AT A.S.U.

Down Beat
Guitar Player
Keyboard
Modern Drummer

INTERNET SITE

Indiana University School of Music Jazz page