Classic Motown 1959-1988 - A timeline tour guides you through the early years of the Motown Sound. Featured legends include The Commodores, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder. Browse through the timeline for major events, hear clips of songs in the Jukebox, and read features.

Jazz at the Smithsonian...Live it, Learn it, Love it!

Jazz in Time ...A unique interactive timeline that captures the history of jazz in both its earliest forms and its contemporary ones. View black-and-white pictures of legendary musicians and listen to fabulous recordings of key performers (Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis) and key jazz styles (swing, bebop, fusion). Also learn about jazz's musical influences (ragtime, blues, European concert music, marching band music).

Real Book Jazz Chord Charts - Home to over 500 music charts that can be transposed to any key. The site has a java applet that allows playback of the charts harmony. Registration is required, but the site is free and your registration information is shared with no one.
REELRADIO - The Authentic Aircheck Museum of Classic Top 40 Radio And the Greatest Radio of All Time!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : Lesson Plan - ...a series of interdisciplinary lesson plans that use music as the basis for the lesson

The William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz- a renowned resource for New Orleans Jazz research. Our collection includes oral histories, recorded music, photographs and film, and sheet music and orchestrations. We also maintain files of manuscripts, clippings, and bibliographic references.

TONS of jazz related links to academic articles, mp3's, instruction, theory, info on musicians & instruments, workshops, and more.
What Is JAZZ? - In a four part ARTSEDGE lecture series, recorded live at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Dr. Billy Taylor, noted jazz pianist, historian, and educator, shares glimpses of his extensive knowledge of jazz music