Jazz Wiki



Welcome to JazzSkool, the all-volunteer wiki created by students and jazz historians to connect middle and high school music students (and maybe a few friends who want to "get" what jazz is all about.). This isn't Wikipedia. JazzSkool puts the videos, photos and the music scattered around the web at your fingertips. We write much hipper bios, and connect the dots between the musicians, the music, and the deep history of jazz.

Some of you will write the future of the music when it becomes your time, and you'll be featured here!

JazzSkool is not run for profit, but we do need help to pay for materials, web space, and an honorarium for editors who spend countless hours compiling information from multiple sources, graphic artists who design the web product, photographers who shoot photos, and programmers that produce the wiki code that keeps JazzSkool going. Consider making a small donation today! We greatly appreciate your support!  https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif Click here to donate

Who Plays My Instrument?
Click on a graphic to learn more about the musicians who play the instruments:

Who Writes the Music That I Play?
''What is not improvised is written. Meet the great composers, lyricists, and arrangers of jazz by clicking on a selection below:''

Who Gets the Music into Stores, and on the Stage?
Jazz is a business. Meet the famous producers, historic record labels, promoters and the famous clubs that launched the music and keep it growing today.

What is the History of My Instrument?
The instrument that you play is the continuation of development of musical instruments that go back hundreds, even thousands of years. What is its history? How is your instrument made?