Art & Music Resources

Jazz On a Monday Afternoon

The following links will take you to circulating books, DVDs, videos, vinyl records, cassettes and CDs in the Berkeley Public Library catalog available for further exploration of the music and artists featured in this series.  Please consult a reference librarian in the Art & Music Department for assistance.

Click on each name to see a list of items in the catalog authored by each artist.

Session 1: New Orleans and the Origins of Jazz (January 22nd, 2007)
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959
Eureka Brass Band
Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941
Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Session 2: The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance (February 26th, 2007)
Basie, Count, 1904-1984
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
Cole, Nat King, 1917-1965
Eckstine, Billy
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Grimes, Tiny, 1917-
Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952
Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975
Mills Brothers
Waller, Fats, 1904-1943

Session 3: Jazz Vocalists (March 26th, 2007)
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Boswell Sisters
Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006
Cox, Ida, 1889-1967
Fitzgerald, Ella
Humes, Helen
Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937
Tharpe, Rosetta, d. 1973
Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963

Session 4: The Swing Era (April 9th, 2007)
Basie, Count, 1904-1984
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973
UpSurge! (Musical group) - Special Guest Performance in Honor of National Poetry Month

Session 5: Jazz Innovators: from BeBop, to Hard Bop, to Cool and More (May 21st, 2007)
Blakey, Art, 1919-1990
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
Davis, Miles
Monk, Thelonious
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

Session 6: Latin Jazz and Jazz as an International Music (June 25th, 2007)
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993