The following listed items, many of which were used in class, are not required reading or listening for the course, unless so noted on the course assignment pages. Nevertheless, you may find these books, recordings and scores useful in your studying. Unless otherwise marked, the item is in the general stacks of the UCF library.

"The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (revised) (5-CD set: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .S55 1897 v.1-5) [An anthology of historic jazz recordings from the beginnings to the 1960s and beyond.]

"The Red Hot Jazz Archive" website (see the link on the MUL 2016 Home page) [For streaming audio files of pre-1930s recordings of jazz and earlier styles, as well as essays and other information.]

"Jazz" (10 VHS tape set: UCF Media Center: ML3508 .J378 2000; also available on 10 DVDs as: UCF Media Center: ML3506 .J39 2004) [Ken Burns' recent 19-hour documentary on the history of jazz]

JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Vols. 13, 17 & 19, items 13-1,2; 17-1, 8, 12, 13, 14; 19- 14, 15 (examples of instruments) [Videocassette: M 1627 .J3 1990 V. 13, 17, 19] (also note the information in Book IV & V, shelved next to the tapes.)

"Sounds of West Africa" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1830 .S65)

Eileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans : A History (ML 3556 .S74 1997)

"The Long Road to Freedom : An Anthology of Black Music" (6-CD set: UCF Media Center: M 1670 .L65 2001 and Guide)

"Sounds of the South" (4-CD set: UCF Media Center: M 1629.6 .S7 S68 1993)

"Scott Joplin : Piano Rags" (CD: UCF Media Center: M22.J6 P54 1987)

Scott Joplin, The collected works of Scott Joplin. Ed. by Vera Brodsky Lawrence (Score: M3.J66 L4 1972)

"James Scott : Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 22 .S46 C4 1997)

"Ma Rainey" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1630.18 .R34 M29 1992)

"The Essential Bessie Smith" (2-CD set: UCF Media Center: M 1630.18 .S65 E8 1997)

"Robert Johnson : Complete Recordings" (2-CD set: UCF Media Center: M1630.18.J65 C64 1990)

"Essential Blues: (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1630.18 .B56 1995)

H.O. Brunn, The Story of the Original Dixieland Band (Book: ML 3561 .J3 B8 1977)

"Sensation : Original Dixieland Jazz Band" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .O75 S45)

"Best of Dixieland" (CD: UCF Media Center: CDR 580) [various performers]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 1, listed above under general resources) for one recording by Sidney Bechet

John Chilton, Sidney Bechet : The Wizard of Jazz (Book: ML 419 .B23 C5 1987)

Sidney Bechet, Treat It Gentle (Book: ML 419 .B23 A3 1975)

Michael Meckna, Stachmo : The Louis Armstrong Encyclopedia (Book: ML 419 .A75 M45 2004)

"This is Jazz 1 : Louis Armstrong" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .A76 L68 1996) [includes various recordings by the Hot Five and Hot Seven, as well as several later item]

"Louis Armstrong : The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .A76 H68 1988) [16 recordings by the Hot Five and Hot Seven]

"Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5 and Hot 7 : 1926-1927" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .A76 L76 1991) [24 recordings by the Hot Five and Hot Seven, several not on the preceeding CD]

"Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra : 1928-1929" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .A76 L78 1991) [23 recordings made by Armstong and various sidemen in 1928 and the beginning of 1929]

"Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra : 1929-1930" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .A76 L79 1990) [22 recordings made by Armstong and various sidemen that follows the material on the preceeding CD]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 1, listed above under general resources) for recordings by Jelly Roll Morton (both solo piano and with The Red Hot Peppers), Louis Armstrong (with various sidemen), and Frankie Trumbauer (with Bix Beiderbecke)

Richard M. Sudhalter & Philip R. Evans, Bix : Man & Legend (Book: ML 419 .B25 S8)

Alan Lomax, Mister Jelly Roll.... (Book: ML 410 .M82 L6 1973)

Howard Reich & WIlliam Gaines, Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton (Book: ML 410 .M82 R45 2003)

John Valerio, Stride & Swing Piano (Score: MT 239 .V345 2003), also see the accompanying CD (CD: UCF Media Center: MT 239 .V345 2003 CD) [A method book for learning how to play "stride" piano and related styles. The CD illustrates many of the exercises.]

"Willie 'The Lion' Smith : 1938-1940" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .S66 W54 1993)

"Fats Waller : The Last Years 1940-1943 : Fats Waller and his Rhythm" (3-CD set: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .W34 F38 1989)

"Yes sir, That's My Baby : The Golden Years of Tin Pan Alley : 1920-1929" (CD: UCF Media Center: M1680.18 .Y48 2002) [includes two Paul Whiteman recordings]

George Gershwin, "Lady, Be Good!" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1500 .G47 L33 1992) [Gershwin's 1924 hit show on Broadway]

"Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue" (CD: UCF Media Center: CDR 699) [also includes "An American in Paris"]

Gershwin, "Porgy and Bess" (Highlights) (UCF Media Center: CDR 725)

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 1 & 2, listed above under general resources) for recordings by James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, and Art Tatum, and two recordings by the Fletcher Henderson band.

"Duke Ellington and His Orchestra : 1932-1933" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .E45 D82 1992)

"Duke Ellington : 16 Most Requested Songs" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .E45 A15 1994)

"The Duke Ellington Orchestra : Digital Duke" (CD: UCF Media Center: CDR 635) [Ellington tunes and arrangements played by more recent musicians]

"The Clarinet : Historical Recordings, vol. 1" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 5 .C63 1993) [track 16 is a movement of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet, with Benny Goodman performing]

"Bartók : Contrasts" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 25 .B27 M53 1991) [A modern classical trio commissioned by Benny Goodman from the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. The performance is by Goodman,Szigeti and Bartók.]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 2 & 3, listed above under general resources) for recordings by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, various bands led by Count Basie, several small groups led by Bennie Goodman, and various Duke Ellington bands.

"That's Black Entertainment" (VCR cassette tape: UCF Media Center: PN 1995.9 .N4 T53 1989) [contains a brief 2 minute performance of Cab Calloway (1935, Jitterbug Party), beginning roughly at 37:00 into the tape.]

"The Blues Brothers" (VCR cassette tape: UCF Media Center: PN 1997 .B6783 1985) [Cab Calloway sings and scats his signature song, "Minnie the Moocher," in this 1980 comedy classic. Look for the spot about 1:30 into the movie, just before Jake and Elwood Blues arrive at the concert.]

"International Sweethearts of Rhythm" (VCR cassette tape: UCF Media Center: ML 82 .I584 1988) [Documentary of one of hte most important all-girl bands of the swing era.]

"Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra : For Dancers Only" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1630.18 .L85 F67 1994)

"Chick Webb & His Orchestra : Spinnin' the Webb" (CD: UCF Media Center: M1366.W415 S65 1994)

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? : American Song During the Great Depression" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1629 .B76 2001) [includes recordings by the Casa Loma Orchestra and the Glenn Miller Orchestra]

"Swing : Pure Pleasure" (vol. 5 of "Jazz" by Ken Burns) (VCR cassette tape: ML 3507 .J378 2000 ep.5 or DVD: ML 3506 .J39 2004 DVD v.5) [contains segments on big bands, and concludes with the battle between the Goodman and Webb bands; shonw in class.]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 3, listed above under general resources) for recordings by bands led by Jimme Lunceford, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and others

"Bebop" (CD: UCF Media Center: CDR 614) [contains performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach and other Bop pioneers]

"Dizzy Gillespie 1945-1946" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .G54 D57 1997) [contains many early Bebop classics]

"Birks Works : the Verve Big-Band Sessions" (2-CD set: UCF Media Center: M1366 .G54 B57 1995) [Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band, which toured in 1956-57 for the U.S. State Department]

"Dizzy's Diamonds : the Best of the Verve Years" (3-CD set: UCF Media Center: M1366 .G54 D59 1992) [Dizzy Gillespie with various ensembles, 1955-1964]

"Bird and Diz" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .P37 B57 1997) [Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and other Bebop legends, c. 1950]

"Celebrating Bird : the Triumph of Charlie Parker" (VHS cassette tape: UCF Media Center: ML 419 .P4 C4 1987) [A documentary mixing interviews of people who knew Parker with recorded performances of him]

"Bud Powell : the Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings" (4-CD set: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .P68 C64)

"Thelonious Monk : Well You Needn't" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .M64 W44 2002) [Small-group recordings from 1947-48]

"Fats Novarro : Memorial" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .N38 M44 1992)

"The Quintet : Jazz at Massey Hall" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .Q55 J39 1989) [Sometimes called "the greatest jazz concert ever," this group includes Dizzy Gillespie (tpt), Charlie Parker (a sax), Bud Powell (pia), Charles Mingus (bass), and Max Roach (drums)]

"Masters of Jazz : Big Bands of the '50s & '60s" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .M38 1996 v.4) [contains big band recordings by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vols. 3 & 4, listed above under general resources) for small group recordings by led by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and others

"Miles Davis," vol. 1 (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 M545 1988 v.1) [Small-group recordings from 1952 and 1954 led by Miles Davis]

Miles Davis, "Miles Ahead" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 M54 1993) [Davis' 1957 debut album with Columbia Records, featuring a large orchestra playing arrangements by Gil Evans]

Miles Davis, "Milestones" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 M54 198) [Davis' 1958 release on Columbia Records, featuring the sextet w/ Adderley, Coltrane, Garland, Chamber, and Jones]

Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 K55 1997) [Examples of "modal jazz" recorded in 1959]

Miles Davis,"Sketches of Spain" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 S55 1997) [Examples of "Third Stream jazz" by Miles Davis, based primarily on Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjez in arrangements by Gil Evans]

"Getz/Gilberto" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .G48 G48 1997) [Examples of Stan Getz playing Brazilian influenced jazz, including Sambas and Bossa Novas]

"The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .B784 T54 1997) [Examples of experiments in meter on a very popular album from 1959]

"Yardbird and Friends" (vols. 1-2) (2 CDs: UCF Media Center: CDR 836 and CDR 837) [Examples of the reactions against Bebop, ranging from "Hard bop" to "Cool" by such players as Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderly, and others.]

Horace Silver, "Song for my Father" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .S585 S65 1989) [A mix of Latin, bop and other influences]

Cannonball Adderley, "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .A34 M47 1995) [A mix of funk, soul, and hard bop by the quintet fronted by one of Miles Davis' most famous sidemen]

"Masters of Jazz : Big Bands of the '50s & '60s" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .M38 1996 v.4) [contains big band recordings by Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Charles Mingus, and many others]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 4, listed above under general resources) for recordings led by Miles Davis, Lenni Tristiano, Stan Getz, MJQ and others

Ornette Coleman, "Free Jazz" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .C638 F74 1988) [The legendary album that marks the beginning of "Free Jazz"]

John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .C64 M9 1988) [1960 recordings by Coltrane's Quartet, including the modal version of "My Favorite Things"]

John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .C64 L68 1995) [The 1964 album that marks the pinnacle of Coltrane's quartet work]

Also see "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz" (vol. 5, listed above under general resources) for recordings by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and others

Miles Davis, "Seven Steps to Heaven" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 S48 1992) [Davis's 1963 recordings]

Miles Davis, "Sorcerer" (CD: UCF Media Center: M 1366 .D38 S67 1993) [Miles Davis' second great quintet, featuring Shorter, Carter, Williams and Hancock]

Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage" (CD: UCF Media Center: CDR 552) [Hancock's Quintet, featuring Hubbard, Coleman, Carter, and Williams]

"Herbie Hancock Quartet" (CD: UCF Media Center: CDR 577) [w/ Wynton Marsalis, Carter, and Williams]

See "The Instrumental History of Jazz" (2-CD Set: UCF MEdia Center: M 1366 .I57 1997) for two Fusion recordings ["Birdland" by Weather Report and "The Spin" by the Yellowjackets]

"Introspection" (CD; UCF Media Center: CDR 616) [A collection of various jazz artists from the 1970s and 80s, recorded on the Atlantic Jazz label and best described as "Smooth Jazz"]