City of San Ramon
Home page for the City of San Ramon. Includes activities, departments and current city events.

General Web Sites

All About Jazz: A Magazine for Jazz Fans by Jazz Fans
Subjects include a beginner's guide, reviews (both book and CD), interviews, artist biographies, articles by jazz genre, a "jazz lingo" dictionary (under Funstuff), a jazz history timeline and a select list of Internet links with reviews.

International Association for Jazz Educators
Includes flow-chart map of styles of jazz, links to artist websites, performances, information on jazz instruments, media links, jazz art, jazz education, jazz retailers, jazz labels and links to more jazz resources on the Internet.

National Public Radio Jazz
Great variety of information including radio programs, Basic jazz record information, calendar, jazz stations, reviews of new releases and interviews with jazz greats.

PBS Jazz
Features A History of American Music. Watch the video trailer of Ken Burns’ film “Jazz”. Click on “Jazz Near You” and “Jazz Links”.

Smithsonian Jazz
Check out information on Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra events and exhibits in Washington, D.C. and the Behring Center, Danville. Tour the Duke Ellington Collection online. Interactive jazz classes available at this site.

History and Research

Chicago Jazz Archive
This site gives an overview of the history of Chicago jazz, and an overview of the collection itself, Chicago Jazz bibliographies and discographies, and links to other Jazz websites.

Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz
Contains New Orleans Jazz and related music (including gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, and zydeco). The oral history collection is unique and provides the most comprehensive collection of source materials on the emergence of jazz in New Orleans available anywhere

Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University
The Institute of Jazz Studies is the world's foremost jazz archive and research facility. Includes Digital Exhibits:
Fats Waller Forever
Mary Lou Williams: Soul on Soul
Benny Carter: Eight Decades in American Music

Jazz Roots
This web site traces the history of early jazz. Includes timelines, links and fun facts.

Red Hot Jazz Archive
This site reviews the history of jazz before 1930. It includes songs, biographies and discography.

Purchasing Jazz Music

Arkadia Records
See what this record company offers in the way of jazz videos, tour schedules, limited editions and news.

Blue Note Records
A major jazz record label, Blue Note's website provides a history about the company and a searchable on-line catalog.

Concord Records
This site includes an alphabetical listing of Concord Records' artists with discographies.

Local and California Jazz

Jazz West
"Celebrating the best in Bay Area Jazz". See this site for information on New Bay Area CD Releases, online photo galleries, a jazz directory, current events and more. Win tickets to Jazz events. Rich content for the jazz aficionado.

Red House Jazz
Check this site for biographies of San Francisco Bay Area women and lots of local links.

San Jose Jazz Society
Has a full calendar of jazz events for the San Francisco South Bay

San Francisco Jazz
This site lists performers, concert date, times and venues for the Fall Festival, the Spring Season and a broad variety of additional programs. Established in 1983,
this non-profit organization is "dedicated to jazz at the highest level". According to the Chicago Tribune, SF JAZZ has been called "the leading jazz institution on the West Coast".