Jazz

Jazz Standards

• Synchopated rhythm
• Eighth note feel
• Improvisation, personal expression

• jazz — The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Infoplease.com

• Tonal Resources for the Creative Musician - cyber text for the theory of American music by Joseph A. Craig

• Jazz Primer for Rock People by Craig Matthews
• One-page History of Jazz with RealAudio illustrations
• The Red Hot Jazz Archive - A History of Jazz Before 1930. “The music called Jazz was born sometime around 1895 in New Orleans. It combined elements of Ragtime, marching band music and Blues. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the widespread use of improvisation...”
• Noal Cohen's Jazz History Web Site
• All About Jazz: History of Jazz Time Line
• Jazz Style Map by Joe Germuska

• Chord Melody.Org - John Amatos Art of Chord Melody Website with lots of stuff for jazz guitarists. SongBook of chord melodies, study, method, and instructional material of standards and Amatos arrangement with chords and tabs.
• Tomas Karlsson - Some Jazz ( Guitar) Lessons
• Bob Russell's Jazz Guitar Lessons Most of the lessons feature soundfiles.
• JAZZ GUITAR & IMPROVISATION LESSONS - Free lessons by jazz guitarist and composer Joe Giglio. You’re well advised to check out his transcription and Composition pages. And. if you haven’t installed the Sibelius browser plugin, downloadable from Joe Giglios site, that’s a good advice too. Excellent lessons!