The Blue Flame Cafe is an interactive biographical encyclopedia of the great blues singers. This site includes information on the JAZZ film done for PBS by Ken Burns and background on the Jazz music style.
Jazz History explores the history of jazz through a photograph.
You can start exploring by clicking on an area of the picture, or you can browse the site by a timeline, by an artist, by an instrument type, or by style. Jazzology is a collection of the history of jazz and big band music and includes background biographies on all the major contributors. It also features definition of musical instrument and the major jazz styles. Red Hot Jazz Archive explores jazz before 1939. It includes band and musicians bios and original essays about the jazz time periods.