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LINKS:

Audio:

http://www.onsiterecording.net
(Several of Norgaard's presentations and panels recorded at various IAJE conferences are available on CD from http://www.onsiterecording.net)

Organizations:

http://www.jazzstringcaucus.org/
(Official website of the Jazz String Caucus. Email updates from the String Caucus are available from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IAJEStrings)

http://www.stringscentral.com/
(Site featuring string music in all styles maintained by Julie Lyonn Lieberman in collaboration with the Jazz String Caucus)

http://www.iaje.org
(The International Association for Jazz Education is very supportive of jazz strings)

http://www.newdirectionscello.com/
(The New Directions Cello Association web site)

http://www.fiddlers.org/
(Association of North Country Fiddlers, Inc. Great midi fiddle files)

Magazines:

http://www.fiddle.com
(Great magazine about all aspects of fiddling)

Schools:

http://www.belmont.edu/Music/MusicHome.html
(Information about Belmont University School of Music where I used to teach)

http://stringproject.music.utexas.edu/
(While studying for my doctoral degree I teach in the University of Texas String Project)

History and more:

http://shoko.calarts.edu/~chung/JazzViolin.html
(Thanks to Mark Chung for a great web site with tons of information and great links. Also thanks to John Reeves for putting audio samples from his collection on the web)

http://www.abar.net
(Anthony Barnett's site, incredibly thorough jazz strings historian who's book include definitive discographies on Stuff Smith, Eddie South and others)

http://www.redhotjazz.com
(An online RealAudio archive of early jazz. Search for Joe Venuti or Stuff Smith. Under Smith you will find rare recordings with Alphonso Trent's territory band)

http://www.mrviolin.com/
(A directory site about all aspects of the violin. Though this site has some great information, be aware that some of the link titles can be misleading)

Music theory:

http://www.forwardmotionpdf.com/
(Hal Galper's ground breaking theory on Forward Motion is a real eye opener)

http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/
(This is a great site with free lessons on fundamental music theory)

Discussion clubs:

http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/alternativestrings
(A discussion site started by Mark Chung)

http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/thejazzviolinist
(A discussion site started by French jazz violinist Daniel John Martin)

Individuals and groups:
(fairly random order)

http://www.ponty.com/
(Ponty's record Sunday Walk from 1967 has been an inspiration to me for 25 years)

http://www.dumboozle.com/svend/svendex.html
(Great site about Svend Asmussen)

http://www.johnblakejr.com/
(John is one of the most soulful jazz violinists on the scene)

http://www.jazzgeige.de/
(Mic Oechsner is a great Austrian jazz violinist. He offers an annual workshop in January)

http://dubicki-tripodi.skynetblogs.be/
(Check this great jazz violinist from Belgium)

http://sara-caswell.com/
(Great jazz and classical violinist from Bloomington, Indiana)

http://www.zachbrock.com/index.shtml
(Killer new jazz violinist from Chicago)

http://www.swingcatenterprises.com/
(Paul Anastasio's web site features both his own and other great recordings including Joe Venuti)

http://www.violinjazz.com/
(Jeremy keeps the swing sound alive on his latest recording Violin Jazz)

http://www.darolanger.com/
(Darol Anger invented the chop style accompaniment and has one of the most personal violin sounds fusing Bluegrass and Jazz)

http://randysabien.com/
(great jazz violinist and educator)

http://www.jonroseweb.com
(Wild site from avant-garde violinist Jon Rose. Includes interview with Harry Lookofsky)

http://www.luluk.com/
(Very interesting Indonesian jazz violinist)

http://www.daybreakplanet.com
(Two of my former students, DeAnn & Brad, are in this very promising group)

http://www.fiddlesong.com/
(My former student Matt Wyatt is busy playing and teaching)

http://www.upbeat.com/galper/
(Hal Galper is an incredible jazz pianist and educator. Check out his groundbreaking articles about improvising using forward motion)

http://www.gypsyhombres.com/
(Nashville's hot gypsy jazz trio and good friends of mine)

www.billythompson.co.uk
(Billy keeps that hot gypsy jazz alive in England)

http://www.hotnspicy.dk/eng-index.htm
(Danish jazz violinist Bjarke Falgren is in this hot Scandinavian jazz trio)

http://www.erikfriedlander.com/
(Eric Friedlander's site has lessons and information about the cello in jazz)

http://www.monalisasound.com/
(The Hampton string quartet play and publish rock arrangements from groups such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin)

http://www.dybka.com/
(Darryl Dybka played on two of the sessions featured in on the audio page)

http://www.jvmaiko.com/
(Jazz Violin lives in Japan)

http://members.home.net/retroluxe/
(Thanks to Jeff Thorneycroft for designing the VERY COOL virtual cover/logo. Check out his CD "Big Town" where I'm featured on fiddle
http://members.home.net/retroluxe/bigtown.html )

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