KEY and PERSONAL
JAZZ WEBSITES


Argentina

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Chile

Germany

India

Indonesia

Italy

Korea

Netherlands

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

UK

USA

ARGENTINA

Guillermo Bazzola. Guitarist. Has played with the most significant players of the Argentine jazz scene, and jammed with important players such as Hall, Diorio, Sprague, pianist Don Pullen and bassists Victor Gaskin, Reginald Veal, Santi DeBriano and Phil Bowler.

Jazz Club Argentina. Moreno 1943. Buenos Aires, Capital Federal 1094, Argentina. Tel: 5411-49541151 [[contact: Berenice Corti message = Virtual jazz club for argentine jazz community, the first site which provides information about jazz activities all along the country: concerts, classes, argentine jazz links, Argentine jazz cd's for sell, a directory of musicians' urls, and services for suscriptors]

Los Rolling Stompers. One of the most outstanding jazz bands in Argentina since their formation in 1997. This group of young musicians recreate different traditional jazz styles such as Highbrow, Chicago and Mainstream. Versions of songs by Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Condon, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong can be found in their wide repertoire as well as classics from Dixieland. In addition to having successfully performed in different jazz clubs, they have played in the most important jazz events in Buenos Aires such as "The Jazzology Cycle" at General San Martín Theatre and the “Telecom Jazz Festival” at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.

AUSTRIA

Jazz Ahead Heinz von Hermann. Heinz von Hermann is one of Europe's great bop and swing musicians, he is the master of all of the reed instruments and, above all, he knows how to hit a groove.

Michael Pewny. Vienna, Austria. Blues & Boogie Woogie piano player.

BELGIUM

Brussels Jazz Orchestra. A world class big band. Check it out!

Jazz’halo is the project of Promedia, a successful company, and Tonesetters-vkh, a dynamic non-profit organization. We aim to promote modern jazz and improvised music by producing CD’s, by publishing a magazine (4 issues a year), by organizing concerts and by distributing small independent labels (mostly run by musicians).

Sister Kate Jazz and Blues Page. Dave Senior plays the trumpet, trombone and sings. He is an ex-professional musician who after several years playing in England and America moved to Belgium, became co-founder of the Society Serenaders in the 1970's. He now plays trumpet for Sister Kate. Dave was made an Honorary Citizen of New Orleans.Particularly interesting pages for the fans of earlier styles of jazz. In depth comment about the current state of the jazz scene and public attitudes to the music.


Toots Thielemans A key figure on both the International and Belgium jazz scene.

CANADA

Classic Jazz Society of Toronto. 25 Queensgrove Rd. Toronto, Ontario, M1N 3A9. Canada. Tel: 416-698-0336 Conatct: Colin Bray. Formed 1994, the society presents 4-5 Traditional/Classic Jazz concerts a year. We also assist visitors in finding the jazz they wish to hear.

Jazz Montreal. Bob Potter. Site features Jazz Clubs and Musicians in Montreal (In French and English)

Jazz Saxophonist Kirk MacDonald. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Site Managed By: Lucie Frigault. Award winning tenor saxophonist Kirk MacDonald is a highly regarded & sought after recording artist, composer & educator residing in Toronto, Canada. His site includes biography, discography, reviews, gigs & RealPlayer samples of his music.

CHILE

Chile Jazz. Well presented site covering all aspects of the Chilian jazz scene.

Xavier Castella. Born on August 17th, 1978 in Santiago, Chile. Since he was small, his parents instilled in him the desire and the time for studying music, starting with a beautiful instrument, the violoncello. Then he learned how to play the saxophone and the trumpet in the band of the International School “Nido de Aguilas”. .

GERMANY

The International Archives for the Jazz Organ. Juergen Wolf. Koeln. Keeping archives of jazz organ recordings presenting jazz organ players and their albums on the web

Jazzfiles. Covering jazz in Berlin and a wide range of ther jazz topics, including a magazine in Englsih, French, and German.

Jens Bunge. One of Europe's foremost jazz harmonica players. Check out his website for latest news, tour dates and CD's.

INDIA

Jazz Goa. Gonsalves Mansion, Campal, Panjim, Goa. 403001 India. Tel: 9822487818. Conatct: Armando Gonsalves. Jazz Goa is formed by a group of musicians and music lovers to promote jazz in and out of Goa. The club's principal aim is to improve the lot and provide an organised platform for local as well as visiting international jazz musicians]

INDONESIA

Bali Jazz Forum. Keep in touch with Jazz activities in Bali, Jam Sessions, Workshop with Jazz Musicians, discuss, anything about Jazz in Bali. Join to Bali Jazz Forum.

Jazz Indonesia. Great site covering all aspects on the Indonesian jazz scene.

ITALY

All Jazz Musicians I Have Met. Andrea Fancellu who lives in Ozieri (Sardinia) has put together an amazing range of high quality photgraphs of jazz musicians. Has just posted an new collection of photographs 2002

Gigi Cifarelli. Site devoted to this Italian jazz guitarist.

Milano Jazz Gang. Playing traditional jazz

KOREA

Johnny's Jazz Joint. A growing site for information and reviews on clubs with live Jazz music is the Seoul area. Click on "Judgement" for information and reviews. Updated weekly.

NETHERLANDS

Dutch Jazz Masters. Covering all aspects of Jazz in The Netherlands. Musicians, education, etc.

Dutch Jazz Service. Stichting De Nederlandse Jazzdienst Prins Hendrikkade 142. Amsterdam. Netherlands. Tel: 020-4892220 Fax: 020-4288425. Site from the 'Information and Knowledge Centre for Jazz and Improvised Music in the Netherland'. Information, documentation, links et cetera.

Jazz Masters. René Laanen website covering all aspects of jazz, jazz musicians, and related topics in The Netherlands.

Jazz Connection. Jumping jazz from Holland. Founded ten years ago in Breda it performs each year during the International Jazz Festival Breda. Also toured in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Ken Colyer Memmorial Jazz Band. Ben Rinia. Raaigras 116. 3206 JL Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. Tel/Fax: 0031-181-645129. GSM/handy 0031-06-11435641.

Rene Laanen. Trombonist. René's father Theo Laanen was 43 years solo trumpetist in "The Hague's Philharmonic Orchestra" and for 25 years trumpet teacher at the "Royal Conservatory" in The Hague. René took lessons at the Royal Conservatory The Hague, Rotterdam, and Zwolle. He had lessons from: Piet van Dijk, Anner Bijlsma, Arthur Moore (former principal trombonists The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra) Bas Dekker, Gerard Velthuijsen (former principal trombonists Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra).

The Ultimate Trombone Site. René Laanen website. Everything you would wish to know about trombones and the musicians who play them.

Jan Verwey. Very much a bebopper and an entirely self taught and has developed his own instrumental technique. On his first visit to the U.S.A. (early autumn 1990), he was immediatly rushed to the studio by producer Bill Goodwin (drummer for Phil Woods) to record the C.D. "The Dutch connection" which led to a performance at the "North Sea Jazz Festival".

Yvonne Walter. Jazz Singer Songwriter.

PERU

Asociacion Internacional Jazz Peru. Peru's premier cultural jazz education organization. The AIJP was founded in 1999 and actively promotes a space for the study of jazz and contemporary music in Lima, Perú. AIJP is Perú's first nonprofit jazz arts group and vigorously promotes jazz education through La Orquesta Juveníl de Música Nueva ("New Music Youth Orchestra"), a youth jazz ensemble designed to train young musicians ages 14 - 22.

POLAND

Jazz Band Ball Orchestra. from Poland playing since 1962 with Janice Harrington,Bill Ramsey, et al.

Krzysztofa Gorniak. Born in Olsztyn (Poland) in 1974. In 199l she graduated the Secondary School for Arts in Warsaw. In the same year she was awarded the first prize in the category the artistic photography, in the Polish photography contest "The Young Creation " in Gdynia. Apart of photography she also paints and draws. At the age of ten she started to take guitar lessons, first classical, later electric guitar. In 1997 she graduated in the class of the jazz - guitar at the Jazz Department in Music School II at Bednarska Street in Warsaw.

PORTUGAL

Jazzz Portugal. Well produced web site covering every aspect of jazz in Portugal.

SPAIN

Art Studio Hita - Jazz posters Gallery. P.O. Box 35092. Madrid Spain. Virtual gallery on the Internet featuring near 300 posters and art works on the subject of Jazz and Blues. Some of the featured artists are John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Chick Corea, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Muddy Waters, Chet Baker, and many more.

The 'Juan Camacho Quintet.' Jazz group based in Madrid, Spain. Modern jazz originals with a latin flavour, very dynamic music, full of energy and soul.

Jazz Professional. Ron Simmonds was born in Winnipeg, Canada on 16th October 1928. He moved to the UK in 1937, lived in Brentwood for a time, then moved to Coventry in 1940, just in time for the infamous November 14th German air raid. There he attended the famous Barkers Butts Secondary School, alas, demolished in the 1980s; later on the Coventry Technical College. Ron began playing trumpet in 1945 and in 1947 joined the fabulous Tommy Sampson orchestra... A really amazing website. Check it out!

SWEDEN

Ulf Radelius. Bass player from Malmö. Performed at international jazz festivals in France, Russia, Italy, Canada, Spain and Ireland.

UK

John Crawford. One of the most in demand pianists in Europe today, having worked with Eumir Deodato,Sax Appeal,Bjork, Billy Bang, Vida Nova, Nois,Tito Allen, German Oliveira,

Judy Eames. singer of blues, ballads and jazz standards. Here you can read about her musical background, find out where you can see and hear her live.

Digby Fairweather. Doyen of UK mainstream trumpet players he began his professional career in 1977 after twelve years of musical preparation, working amongst others with the Midnite Follies Orchestra of Keith Nichols and Alan Cohen, clarinetist Dave Shepherd, 'Velvet'

The Gershwin Gang. A society jazz trio, which performs popular jazz standards for private, corporate and public events nationwide.

GlasJAZZ. Glasgow, Strathclyde G11. Scotland. Conatct: Michael Clark. Scottish Jazz, with musicians, interviews, live audio, album reviews, CDs, Jazz Standards and more.

Jazz Baritone Saxophone. Tony Denton lives and work in the UK. Tony is The Director and a baritone saxophone teacher at the Leeds College of Music, a college has specialised in the teaching of Jazz music for more than 30 years.

Jazz Bassoon Daniel Smith. A musical pioneer of the bassoon with his many award-winning recordings and live performances throughout the world.The world's most recorded bassoon soloist with a repertoire ranging from baroque concerti to contemporary music, including jazz, ragtime and crossover. He is the only bassoonist performing and recording in both the classical and jazz fields. His unique career has been profiled in Gramophone, the New York Times, Fanfare, Classical Music, Musical Heritage Review, Music And Musicians, American Record Guide, Classic CD and leading British newspapers including The Times. His solo performances include classical recitals, jazz concerts with his quartet, concertos with orchestra and highly popular programmes divided between classical and jazz, with music that ranges from Vivaldi, Elgar, Mozart and Verdi to Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Described as the ‘Rampal of the bassoon’ and ‘a phenomenon’, he brings his unique sound and style to concert series, festivals and jazz clubs.

Peter Carter. UK drummer Pete Carter. Big Bands. Links and more.

Jazz Cat. Bass player and composer Ben Crosland. Works with and also produces CD's featuring both local and internationally known musicians

Jazzdates. Chris Walker's listing that covers all the live jazz events in the BBC Radio Solent area - Hampshire, Dorset Isle Of Wight etc.

Jazz Services. Africa House 64 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6BD. The National Jazz Organisation for the UK. Offering a very wide range of services and databases. A major force in jazz promotion throughout the British Isles. Editor: John Fordham.

Jazz In Leeds New web site for jazz in Leeds. Run by Nigel Slee musician and promoter.

Martin Taylor. is a world-class performer and composer. This virtuoso guitarist of international repute first came to prominence in the late 70's through his collaborations with violin legend Stephane Grappelli with whom he recorded some 20 albums including recordings with Michel Legrand, Peggy Lee, and Yehudi Menuhin. In an eleven year collaboration which took in numerous world tours.

Mike Hall. is a jazz saxophonist and educator based at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK. Teaches jazz theory, history and saxophone. He also directs the RNCM Jazz Collective.

The New Lights Big Band. A sseventeen piece Big Band playing great jazz and swing music to audiences around the East and South of Manchester. Playing a huge variety of music from WWII swing to modern jazz.

Peter King. In the words of one critic, “the finest alto saxophonist that Britain has ever produced, and one of the finest in the world today” (Dave Gelly, 'The Giants of Jazz', Aurum Press, 1986), has been a major influence on the British Jazz scene ever since he played, (at the age of eighteen!), the opening of RONNIE SCOTT’S, London’s internationally famous jazz Mecca

Alex Yellowlees. Perth, Scotland. Scotland's leading jazz violinist. He performs in a style reminisient of the legendary Stephane Grappelli.

Young Blood. An exceptionally tallented young & powerful big band described as "incredible,amazing,unbelievable" is now taking bookings from September onwards & for their German tour from 17/07/00.

Anita Wardell. Singer. London. Jazz vocalist Anita Wardell has been acclaimed for the unique artistry she brings to scat and be-bop singing. Raves from peers and critics alike have cemented her reputation as one of Britain's finest vocalists

USA

Paul Amrod. Composer, Piano. He received his musical education at the world-renowned Juilliard School. In 1980 after a seven year tour through the New Yorker Jazz scene and as the opening band for such acts as Janis Joplin, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, NRBQ, he returned to Juilliard and closed out with a Masters Degree, majoring in Composition.

Paula Atherton. Sax, flute, vocalalist, and bandleader.

Bill Evans Organisation. Devoted to the memory and promotion of the work of one of the all time greats of jazz piano.

The Four Freshmen. Offical Web Site devoted to the music of this superlative group.

Jazz Hawaii. Comprehensive listing of jazz clubs and related topics. JazzHawaii is the beginning of a determined effort to expand upon the selection of venues where both artists can express their musical gifts and listeners can delight.

The Honolulu Jazz Scene. A Weekly Calendar of Live Jazz in the Honolulu Area.

JazzJamCafe. [contact: Trish Mairet, Mairet Productions. Listing weekly Jazz Jam Sessions at various venues in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. All levels of players and vocalists are welcome at these on-going open jams and most of them are 'straight-ahead' or 'bebop' oriented jazz sessions]

Jazz Walks. A series of jazz-focused guided walwalking tours through selected New York neighborhoods. Operating under theSwingStreets banner, jazz journalist Paul Blair began leading groups on excursions through three different sections of Harlem in mid-2002. Each route covers a multitude of sites associated with both the area's rich jazz history and its current music scene. Also seen are the homes, offices and studios of other notables, famous churches, landmarks associated with the civil rights struggle and blocks exemplifying particularly distinguished architecture.

Johnnyjazz's Jazz Page. Jazz From The California Coast.

Lou Mecca. Selected by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as outstanding Jazz Guitarist. Voted a "New Star" in the Guitar Category in the Downbeat critics Poll.

Helen Merrill. One of the most significant voices in Jazz. Her long career began with her first album on the Mercury Emarcy label arranged and produced by Quincy Jones in 1954 up to her latest cd album released in early 2000. In between were more then 50 Jazz albums and countless concerts, club dates, festivals and other jazz activities.

Charlie Miller. Dr. John Band Music Director-Arranger. New Orleans born & raised Jazz, Blues, R&B Many Euro & Japan tours. Historic latin bands in N.Y.

Lenore Raphael. Top pianist, composer and clinician on the New York and national jazz scene, playing the music of Thelonious Monk, as well as great originals.

Zoot Sims. Site devoted to this all time great.Memorabilia from the Sims familiy collection. Tribute recordings featuring Jim Hall.

Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Famous New Orleans Jazz Band performing again.

A Passion for Jazz. Music commentary, history and education featuring photo gallery, festivals, virtual piano chords, music teacher locator and Jazz MIDI file archive.

Philly Jazz Scene. Started in 1994 a very comprehensive and well organised coverage of the 'Philly Jaz Scene' Gigs, venues, musicians, and very much more...

Vivian Lee. Straight-ahead jazz vocalist and recording artist singing the music of Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Fields, Jobim and others. Site includes bio, photos, updated newsletter, CD sound bites and order form for CDs.

Greg McKenzie. Pianist, musician, arranger, and composer.

Cynthia Scott. Grammy Contender, born in Arkansas, began singing at the age of four and was the 10th child of 12 children in a musical family. She developed her craft singing gospel music in her father's church. After high school, Cynthia moved to Dallas, Texas, and started singing on the local club scene. She became a "RAELETTE" with the RAY CHARLES organization, recording and touring with him for two years. On one European tour with Ray Charles, which was promoted by the late, great NORMAN GRANZ, she had the pleasure of sharing the same stage with THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA and OSCAR PETERSON.

Taylor Made Jazz. P O Box 177. Buffalo, New York, USA. 14240-177. Taylor Made Jazz is a Rhythm and Blues Jazz band, noted for their work with charitable organizations and conducting workshops educationg children also for Entertaing at various Festival, Embassies, overseas

Deanna Witkowski. Pianist,composer,vocalist, looks to diverse musical worlds in her fusions of jazz, afro-latin, and classical musics Trained as a classical pianist and flutist, Witkowski didn't discover jazz until attending Wheaton College where she studied with the Chicago-based pianist Brad Williams and tenor saxophonist Larry Panella.

Women in Jazz. Presenting information about Women in Jazz, both past and present


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