Jazz Multimedia (part 2)

Continuing last week’s topic, here are a couple of sites that deserve our attention. Feel free to pass along any online gems deserving of wider recognition send an email or use the comments link..

Bret Primack is a noted Jazz Journalist, website creator and video producer. Over the years he’s maintained a website with the beboppish title “Bird Lives.”

The current incarnation is a gathering place for Bret’s many enterprises. Found here are links to the artist sites he has created and manages. Sonny Rollins and Dr. Billy Taylor are just two of the jazz luminaries found here. There is so much more here than this space can do justice. Check out the site for yourself and enjoy!

Jazz journalism is also the topic at Jazz House, the website of the Jazz Journalists Assoc. If reading about or writing about Jazz is your favorite thing this site is a treasure trove. Anyone with an eye for jazz photography will also find an online gallery here.

The bulk of the space at Jazz House is devoted to a showcase of the work of the members of the Jazz Journalists Assoc. There also is a thriving online community here with a wide variety of discussion topics. Well worth repeated visits.

Last but not least is the Ellington on the Web site. Don’t be put off by the 1990’s style of the webpage. There is a ton of information and links on this single page that seems to scroll on forever. A cosmetic and organizational make-over is way overdue.

Much of the material here is the product of the Duke LYM (Love You Madly) online discussion group. This is not your typical musician site but a source of serious scholarly information.

Next week on MFT I will review a new recording and report on some software designed to organize your digital media collection.