All That Jazz

May 29, 2006 8:08 PM

Bob Keller's Jazz Page "Welcome to my jazz page. It contains stuff to which I want to refer and to which I refer my students." Yes, it's just a single page of links, but wow what single page of links. An amazing jazz resource.
posted by jdroth (24 comments total)

am i sensing a musical theme tonight?
posted by trinarian at 8:22 PM on May 29, 2006

Holy cow, that must have taken a long time. Great resource.
posted by arcticwoman at 8:35 PM on May 29, 2006

It's a bit too bad that jazz went and got all 'heady' and self-analytical.

So much old stuff is so full of sheer joy and 'fuck-it-all' ness.
posted by HTuttle at 8:35 PM on May 29, 2006

bookmarked.
posted by kozad at 8:46 PM on May 29, 2006

ditto

thanks
posted by caddis at 9:16 PM on May 29, 2006

del.icio.us'd.
posted by mullingitover at 9:28 PM on May 29, 2006

thanks. Cutting edge in 1996, best of the web now too. great link.
posted by Rumple at 10:07 PM on May 29, 2006

Wow. That is comprehensive. Thanks, jdroth.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:30 PM on May 29, 2006

This is how I imagine Google will return results in 5-10 years time.
posted by Ritchie at 10:40 PM on May 29, 2006

He's a good computer science professor, too!
posted by flaterik at 10:44 PM on May 29, 2006

I've been lost in an endless tangential exploration of jazz from this page all evening. I've neglected everything I should be doing instead.
posted by jdroth at 10:57 PM on May 29, 2006

Brilliant.
This is how I imagine Google will return results in 5-10 years time.
posted by Ritchie
Oh! I agree, why not now?
posted by tellurian at 11:47 PM on May 29, 2006

Oh, very nice. Bookmarked and ready to check out in more depth when I have time.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 12:10 AM on May 30, 2006

This is amazing. Thanks, jdroth.
posted by chicobangs at 2:53 AM on May 30, 2006

Magnificent. See, kids, you don't need Flash to create the best of the web!

It's a bit too bad that jazz went and got all 'heady' and self-analytical.
So much old stuff is so full of sheer joy and 'fuck-it-all' ness.

Gosh, yeah, it's a shame that all that new stuff prevents you from listening to the old stuff you happen to like. If only that damn Charlie Parker hadn't come along with his "Chinese music," you could still be enjoying Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington!

Damn, I thought all you moldy figs went out to pasture a few decades ago.
posted by languagehat at 5:29 AM on May 30, 2006

HTuttle can't help it languagehat, please don't dwell on his disability.
posted by Jimbob at 5:58 AM on May 30, 2006

Thanks jdroth.

And thanks languagehat. That link helps explain, or maybe more accurately complicate, some lyrics to a song with a terrific Wayne Shorter solo.
posted by ibmcginty at 6:18 AM on May 30, 2006

Very timely posting jdroth! I've been wanting to sink my teeth into jazz, but I was unsure where to go.

Now I do!
posted by rinkjustice at 6:34 AM on May 30, 2006

rinkjustics: Also check out this thread, one of the best musical discussions I've seen on MetaFilter.
posted by languagehat at 7:00 AM on May 30, 2006

Amazing resource and great FPP. Thanks for the link, jdroth.
posted by blucevalo at 8:28 AM on May 30, 2006

Not a big jazz fan, but there are a lot of links there that would be of interest to any music fan. Best of the web, indeed!
Thanks, jdroth!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:49 AM on May 30, 2006

Now that's some good Metafilter. Thank you for a great FPP.
posted by brautigan at 10:47 AM on May 30, 2006

Props languagehat!
posted by rinkjustice at 11:23 AM on May 30, 2006

Wow, indeed!

I'd toss in one of my favorite sites as well, Tom Morgan's Jazz Roots.
posted by chuq at 3:49 PM on May 30, 2006