Research Facilities/Organizations
Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies | Chicago Jazz Archive | University of North Texas Music Library | William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz | Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives | Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection | Oberlin Conservatory Special Collections | Jazz Archive at Duke University | Stanford Libraries | UCLA Library | Brubeck Archive | Seattle Jazz Archive | Herb Pomeroy Jazz Collection | Darmstadt Jazz Institute | Maison du Jazz | British Library National Sound Archive | Klaus Kuhnke Archive | Dutch Jazz Archive | Norwegian Jazz Archive | ARSC | International Society for Jazz Research | Jazzdoc | RoJaRo Index | CTS Images | Jazz Photos | William Gottlieb Photograph Collection
Major Contributors to WWW Jazz Knowledge
Jazz Research by Steve Albin: Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Carol Sloane, BEYOND CATEGORY collection inventory software, BRIAN discographical database software
Jazz Research by Vincent Bessieres: Lex Humphries, Joe Maini, Cal Massey, Grachan Moncur III, James Spaulding, Tommy Turrentine, Kiane Zawadi, and more
Jazz Research by Robert Campbell et al.: The Red Saunders Research Foundation
Jazz Research by Jack Chambers: Dick Twardzik discography, Jazz Research Inside and Outside Academe, and more
Three complete books by Donald Clarke: Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, The Rise and Fall of Popular Music, All or Nothing at All: A Life of Frank Sinatra, and the complete Gene Lees’ Jazzletter archive
Jazz Research by Noal Cohen: Teddy Charles discography, Elmo Hope discography, Tiny Kahn discography, Carl Perkins discography, Frank Strozier discography, Jazz in Rochester, NY, 1955-61, and more
Jazz Research by Michael Frohne: Clarke-Boland, Dragon Records, Warne Marsh, Freddie Redd, and more
Jazz Discographies by Chris Genzel: Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin
Jazz Discographies by Jason Guthartz: Anthony Braxton, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustafsson
Jazz Discographies by Johann Haidenbauer: Don Cherry, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, John McLaughlin, and more
Jazz Discographies by Rick Lopez: Marilyn Crispell, Susie Ibarra, Sam Rivers, Matthew Shipp, David S. Ware, Reggie Workman, and more
Jazz Research by Peter Losin: Miles Davis discography and bibliography, Blue Note listing, Prestige listings, and more
Jazz Research by Howard Mansfield: Thelonious Monk, Stan Tracey
Jazz Discographies by Masaya Matsumura: Dusko Goykovich, Lee Morgan
Jazz Discographies by Eric B. Olsen: Tina Brooks, Kenny Dorham, Horace Silver
Jazz Research by Esa Onttonen: Michael Gibbs, Charles Mingus
Jazz Discographies by Douglas Payne: Gary McFarland, Oliver Nelson, Lalo Schifrin, Shirley Scott, Gabor Szabo, Kai Winding, and more
Jazz Research by Leif Bo Petersen: Charlie Parker chronology
Jazz Discographies by Patrice Roussel: Tim Berne, Anthony Coleman, Tom Cora, Dave Douglas, Marty Ehrlich, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Steve Lacy, Christian Marclay, Butch Morris, Evan Parker, Jon Rose, Elliot Sharp, and more
Jazz Discographies by Marcel Safier: George Adams, Von Freeman, Andrew Hill, David Murray
Jazz Research by Alan Saul: Eric Dolphy, Booker Little
Jazz Discographies by George Scala: Billy Bang, Ed Blackwell, Bobby Few, Milford Graves, David Izenzon, Kidd Jordan, Sheila Jordan, Jeanne Lee, Frank Lowe, Charles Moffett, Sunny Murray, Roswell Rudd, Pharoah Sanders, Linda Sharrock, Alan Silva, Sirone, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Frank Wright
Jazz Discographies by Damon Short: Cecil Taylor, Walt Dickerson, Herbie Nichols, and more
Jazz Research by Matt Snyder: The Clarinet in Jazz Since 1945, the 2001 rec.music.bluenote FAQ, other essays
Jazz Research by David Wild: Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and more
Triple Interview at All About Jazz: J.J. Johnson, Joshua Berrett, and Louis G. Bourgois III
Interview of Lewis Porter at Perfect Sound Forever: Searching for John Coltrane, Researching Coltrane, The Art of Jazz Research
Detroit Jazz and History of Detroit Music
European Free Improvisation by Peter Stubley
Norwegian Jazz Discography by Johs Bergh
Specific Jazz Artists
Cannonball Adderley – by Gilles Miton
Art Ensemble of Chicago – by Jack Lefton
Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler – by Jeff Schwartz
Anthony Braxton Tri-Centric Foundation
Marion Brown – by Karl-Michael Schneider
Milt Buckner – by Armin Buettner
Charlie Christian – by Leo Valdes
Buddy DeFranco – by Dave Goldflies
Jack DeJohnette by Piotr Marek, Jr.
Paul Desmond – by Paul Caulfield
Duke Ellington – by Robb Holmes
The Duke Ellington Society
Don Ellis – by Gord McGonigal
Gil Evans – by Laurent Cugny
Bill Frisell – by David Cooper Orton
Stan Getz – by Nicola Rascio
Stan Kenton – by Terry Vosbein
Scott LaFaro – by Charles A. Ralston
Albert Mangelsdorff – by Frank Schindelbeck
Warne Marsh – by Jack Goodwin
Fats Navarro – by Stuart Varden
Jaco Pastorius – discography by Tom Stroud
Oscar Pettiford – discography by Hans-Joachim Schmidt