Research Guides: Jazz Performance: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias of Terms Related to Jazz

The following music dictionaries and encyclopedias provide entries on the history, development, and repertoire of jazz music. Entries may include images, musical examples, and bibliographies of scholarly sources for further reading.

The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz and Blues by Howard Mandel (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.J3 B55 2005
Publication Date: 2005
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather (Editor); Ira Gitler (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.J3 F39 1999
Publication Date: 1999
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. (print edition) by Barry Kernfeld (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.J3 N48 2001
ISBN: 9780333691892
Publication Date: 2002
Jazz A-Z by Peter Clayton & Peter Gammond
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.J3C6 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street by John Chilton
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML106.U3C5 1985
Publication Date: 1985

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