Links to the Rest of the Jazz World

Traditional Jazz Websites:

  • Gerard Bielderman in Holland has published a very complete Galvanized Jazz Band Discography describing our recordings on LP, cassette, and CD, including some that even we didn't know about. Gerard has already published discographies of many other well-known bands and performers: we are honored to be included among them.

  • The Jazz Encyclopedia has biographical info about thousands of jazz musicians.

  • Brian Harvey's Hot Jazz Channel, a new internet radio station based in the U.K., features many great bands including the GJB, albeit with british spelling.

  • Marce Enright's New England Traditional Jazz gives information about who is playing where in New England.

  • Jazz Me News is the online newsletter of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the Riverwalk Live From The Landing radio show.

  • Culture Connect is Connecticut's most comprehensive calendar of arts, culture, and entertainment events.

  • The Connecticut Commission on the Arts used to give us a nice mention.

  • For an amazing website that lists all kinds of events worldwide, try tomsmusic.com. You can click on any date and get listings for hundreds of musical events of every description all over the world.

  • If you are just starting to learn about traditional jazz you might find redhotjazz.com to be a useful source of background information.

  • Princeton Record Exchange in NJ buys and sells CDs, DVDs & records, with a large selection of traditional jazz.

    • Jazz Clubs, Festivals and Places of Interest:

  • Jazz Clubs Worldwide is the site to visit if you are traveling and want to find some good jazz in a strange land.

  • The New Jersey Jazz Society is dedicated to the performance, preservation, and promotion of jazz.

  • In Southern New Jersey the Cape May Traditional Jazz Society is also dedicated to the development and promotion of traditional jazz.

  • The Potomic River Jazz Club is a nonprofit society in the Washington-Baltimore area whose purpose is to preserve, encourage and promote the playing and appreciation of traditional jazz.

  • The Tri-State Jazz Society has a nice website with info about traditional jazz events in the greater Philadelphia area.

  • The Pennsylvania Jazz Society has just updated its website.

  • The Flower City Jazz Society sponsors a lot of good things in the Rochester, NY area.

  • The Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse sponsors our kind of music.

  • The Austin Traditional Jazz Society sponsors monthly concerts in Austin, Texas.

  • Florida's annual Suncoast Jazz Classic featured the GJB in November of 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2022, and 2023.

  • The GJB also participated in the Central Illinois Jazz Festival in January, 2005. That's another one we wouldn't mind returning to.

  • Music Mountain: Each year in June the GJB returns to Music Mountain in scenic Falls Village for its annual concert at "the string quartet capital of the summer music universe". .. MAP.. For more info about Music Mountain or to order tickets by phone, call 860-824-7126.

  • Penn's Peak Entertainment Facility in scenic Jim Thorpe, PA has featured the GJB more than once; It's a great place to see a band. . . . DIRECTIONS. . . MAP . . .

  • Bill's Seafood in Westbrook has our kind of music almost every day and great food too. . MAP. . .

  • For many years the GJB returned in June the the gazebo on the green in Fairfield for its annual free outdoor concert; we hope to be back someday. . . MAP . . .

  • The Manchester Community College Bicentennial Band Shell has a fine series of summer outdoor concerts. . . . DIRECTIONS . . . MAP . . .

  • The Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, CT has a "Music at the Mansion" summer concert series, which is free and open to the public. MAP. . .

  • The American Banjo Museum is in Oklahoma City.

    • Traditional Jazz Publications:

  • The Syncopated Times has taken the place of the American Rag and the West Coast Rag, with similar content about what's happening in traditional jazz.

  • Cadence Magazine

  • George Buck's Jazzology website

    • Websites of Individual Musicians and Bands:

  • Jim Fryer has a great website with up-to-date info about where he is working these days. He's so busy now that he has to check it himself every day just to see where he's going next!

  • Herb Gardner's website:

  • Abbie Gardner's website:

  • Bill Crow's site:

  • Dan Levinson, clarinetist and saxophonist extraordinaire, has a big website with lots of photos.

  • Clarinetist Joe Licari now has his own website. Joe worked with us often the early Millpond Taverne days, and can be heard on our recording with "Big Chief" Russell Moore. Joe has a new book out: The Invisible Clarinetist

  • New Jersey's Midri Brothers have often performed at festivals here in Connecticut; they are always a big hit.

  • The Barbone Street Jazz Band is the Delaware Valley's most sought-after Jazz/Swing/Hot Dance Band.

  • Nancy Gee has a new recording out. Nancy performed with us several times when she was living in Connecticut.

  • Norman Field , the fine British clarinetist who has visited us at the Chowderpot a couple of times, has a vast collection of traditional jazz reissues on cassette. He sells them at very reasonable prices.

  • J. P. Alessi has put together a website for his own band and also for New Orleans saxophonist Emanuel Paul, his idol and inspiration. Fred Vigorito was featured with J.P.'s French Preservation band in December of 2004 and again in 2005.

  • Sammy Rimington now has a nice informative website.

  • Jonathan "Jazz" Russell is the young violinist we met at the Hot Steamed Festival in the summer of 2003 and again in 2004 & 2005.

  • John Clark's Wolverine Jazz Band is one of Boston's finest.

  • Jon Seiger from Rochester, NY is a triple-threat on trumpet, piano, and vocals. He performed recently with some of us in a concert on the green on Main Street in Old Saybrook.

  • Joel Schiavone interview with early history of "Your Father's Moustache":

  • Jerry Zigmont has put some nice photos of Woody Allen's band together on his website. Woody used to play with the GJB quite a lot many years ago, and now Jerry works with him regularly in New York.

  • Vince Giordano's Nighthawks are the toast of Manhattan.

  • Gerard Carelli recently performed with us at Nelson Hall. Gerard is a superb singer and trombonist.

  • Trombonist Eddie Bert has a very impressive bio on Wikipedia.
    For a few years Eddie worked with Drake Smith's ten-piece Jazz Stars Orchestra, which also features yours truly on tuba.

  • For more links to individual musicians, go to our Shameless Name-Dropping page.

    • Dance Websites:

  • From Harlem to Abroad is a great site recommended to us by Chloe, with links to many other swing-dancing sites.

  • All About Swing Dancing is a great site recommended to us.

  • For Information about the swing-dancing opportunities everywhere, go to havetodance.com.

  • Here's a good Dance Instruction Website that allows dance students to download instructional dance video clips of dance moves from their favorite teachers.

  • There is a dance instruction website with animated figures and instructions for those of us who are getting tired of telling people that we just washed our feet and can't do a thing with them. To see the animations you must download "Quicktime". There is a link for doing that at the dance website.

    • Jazz History Websites:

  • The Red Hot Jazz Archive is a really good history of hot Jazz before 1930. Also gives a lot of info about the musicians of the day. - Lots of sound clips that work if you have the right software.

  • Here's another site with many links to Jazz History and Jazz education sites, discovered by Sarah Neale:
    History of Jazz Music:

  • Here are two archives of very early recordings: cylinders and Archeophone.

  • If you are interested in the history of jazz there is a huge "big band database" website that might interest you. There are many interesting sections, including band chronology back to the 1800's, and biographies of songwriters.

  • The Louis Armstrong Website is the official site of the Louis Armstrong House and archives.

  • The Bix Beiderbecke website has several soundfiles featuring Bix with the great Adrian Rollini on bass saxophone.

  • The Eddie Lang website has much information and sound files of the granddaddy of all traditional jazz guitar players.

  • The Charlie Christian Website is a must for guitar enthusiasts.

  • The new Doc Evans website has lots of info about this great cornetist, including his many recordings and arrangements.

  • The Museum of Musical Instruments Website is all about guitars...

  • Dukes of Dixieland website

  • Ken Burns gave our kind of music a wonderful boost with his ten-part television series JAZZ. Thanks, Ken!

  • Jazz Visions has photos of many jazz greats.

  • Hoosier Hotshots website

    • Instruction and Performance Opportunities:

  • At New Haven's Neighborhood Music School you can study all kinds of music and get lessons on every instrument, including tuba or trombone lessons with Art Hovey.

  • The Civic Orchestra of New Haven is one of the finest amateur orchestras in Connecticut.

  • The Connecticut Symphonic Winds is the finest concert band in the area, without a doubt.

  • To learn about other concert bands in Connecticut and Massachusetts visit the Connecticut Bands website.

  • Musician's Guide to Marketing website:

    • Sites that are Useful for Music Research:

  • The New Haven Federation of Musicians has a new website with links to many local musical groups and information about local music teachers.

  • The ASCAP website enables you to find out who composed almost any american popular song; if you can't find it there then try the BMI website, or the HARRY FOX website.

  • The Tunesmith's Database is another valuable resource for finding biographical information about songwriters and their compositions.

  • The Folklore Ballad Search Website helps people find reference information on folk ballads.

  • The Song Lyrics 4 Me website features a large collection of song lyrics ordered alphabetically by artist.

  • Here's another collection of popular song lyrics:

  • The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music is part of Special Collections at the Library of Johns Hopkins University. It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960.

  • The UCLA Digital Music Library has downloadable sheet music of popular songs from 1700 to 1953, including the cover art.

  • A great collection of goofy song files

    • Miscellaneous Links:

  • The NMA Speed Trap Website lists locations of speed traps in your area.

  • Art's Tuba-Logic website

  • Art's physics worksheet website

  • The XM Radio website, the Tom Jones website, Atlantis website, the Country Crock website and the Deadwood website are all impressive examples of work by my older son, who clearly knows much more about web design than I do.

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