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Music - 20th Century Jazz: Jazz in the Library

A guide to information resources and services for applied music students

Subject Guide

Subjects: Art and Design, Fashion, Music, Study Skills

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Library Databases

These aren't all strictly "databases", just good resources that Box Hill has subscribed to

EBSCOhost
This widely ranging college resource has thousands of magazines and journals, Try Academic Search Premier or Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre.
Oxford History of Western Music
This has lots of reference information, especially information about classical music from the New Grove Dictionary.
Rock's Backpages
News, views and interviews on rock music
Standards Online
Australian and international standards. Includes standards for IT, acoustics, and electronic equipment.

Items by Format

Useful recommended references

The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music by Nicholas Cook (Editor); Anthony Pople (Editor)
Call Number: 780.904 CAM
ISBN: 0521662567
Jazz Piano Technique by John Valerio
Call Number: MU 786.2165 VAL
ISBN: 9781423498155
Publication Date: 2013
The Very Best of Oscar Peterson by Oscar Peterson (Other Primary Creator)
Call Number: MU 782.4216 Pet
ISBN: 0634077775
The Big Book of Jazz Piano Improvisation by Noah Baerman
Call Number: MU 786.2193 BAE
ISBN: 9780739031711
The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton; Richard Cook
Call Number: 781.650266 COO
ISBN: 9780141048314
Publication Date: 2010
R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country by Stephen Calt (Text by); David Jasen (Text by); Robert Crumb; Richard Nevins (Text by); Terry Zwigoff (Introduction by)
Call Number: 781.640922 CAL
ISBN: 9780810930865