Website of Down Beat Magazine, a magazine dedicated to jazz performance artists. Includes some biographies and other resources.

The Library of Congress website devoted to Gerry Mulligan, legendary jazz saxophonist. Includes biographical information and other resources.

Website for Lionel Hampton, legendary jazz percussionist. Includes recordings, videos, and biography.

Website devoted to the Stan Kenton Orchestra, an influential jazz band. Includes biographical information, external links, and other resources.

This website has a brief, yet comprehensive introduction to the history of jazz music.

The Maryland Historical Society is proud to host the definitive collection of jazz-pioneer Eubie Blake. Blake, born in Baltimore in the 1880s, went on to become one of the most popular ragtime composers of his era and one of the more influential music

This site is a freeware website that has images, sound bytes, and information about a variety of instruments.

Net Instruments is a global database of musical instruments for sale. The musical instruments have been posted by our community of 50,000+ registered musicians and are viewed by 250,000 visitors per month.

Welcome to Gina's Flutes. Quality used band instruments of all kinds, not just flutes. We sell used flutes, clarinets, piccolos, trumpets, saxophones, trombones, french horns, oboes, and other used musical instruments. We carry student and professional

The Official Web Site of Buddy Rich has everything you want to know about this famous drummer. Read his biography and learn the story of "Traps the Drum Wonder." Browse the photo gallery for pictures of Buddy Rich on and off the stage!

In the Chair is music education software that lets you practice by performing with professional musicians, bands and renowned orchestras.

Live Illustrations by Professionals (LIPS) is designed to afford young musicians a close-up view of artists' embouchures in action. Each LIPs video page includes a discussion with the artist about the essential fundamentals of the instrument.

The Nature of Expertise: 19 Principles of Effective Instruction Demonstrated by Three Distinguished Artist-Teachers in Music.

Free method books, fingering charts, scale sheets, band music, solo and ensemble music, flash cards, clip art, and an easy to use website creator.

African Music - Traditional West African Drumming - Percussion Lessons - Instructional Movies, Texts, and Manuscripts - Drum Set Orchestrations - Interactive African Instrument Museum - Online Music Education - Anlo-Ewe History, Ethnology, Ethnomusicology

The core of this presentation consists of “stock” arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, a smaller selection of historic sound recordings illustrating these songs and others are available

The Chatfield Music Lending Library is the only one of its kind in the world today. Dedicated to the preservation of our musical heritage, the library has collected and cataloged more than 5,000 pieces, many of which are no longer in print.

The official website about Leroy Anderson and his music

Instrumental music education topics of interest to stimulate motivate and inspire.It is the mission of Conn-Selmer, Inc. to provide an educational center, ongoing reference source, and support network for the professional growth of music educators. Comm

Music performance is not so narrowly defined as to be simply a concert or a recital. It is an experience, encompassing teaching and learning, analysis and critique, and the combined experiences of those who interact in diverse ways with the processes and

Welcome to pdfBand.com the new home of Jon Ross Music, LLC. Jon Ross Music was created as a result of an all-new, visionary music publishing business model. We are bringing the very best fresh and experienced composers and arrangers together with the mos

A comprehensive web site dedicated to the history of the wind band.