Library Class and Subject Guides: Jazz Music: Discography

Get Access to Specific Recordings

The Music Library will not have most of the recordings you may want to listen to, but if you can find the recording in WorldCat (use link below), you can place an interlibrary loan request. Use the discography tools in the "Find Specific Recordings" section to identify what you might want to request.

WorldCat
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Provides citations to books and other materials (including those that are out of print) held by libraries worldwide.Use this database to request books via Interlibrary Loan. *This resource is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota, freely accessible to anyone in Minnesota!*

Find Specific Recordings

AllMusic
AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.
J-DISC - Online Jazz Discography
J-DISC is a resource for searching and exploring jazz recordings created by the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University. It places a wealth of information on the recorded legacy of jazz within a single web environment and has a number of unique features. J-DISC can be used to do research on jazz, or simply for exploring the people, repertoire, and culture of jazz. We are including the complete works of significant or representative jazz artists from a broad sample of jazz history (and, with those, their musical networks and repertoire).
JazzDiscography.com
All the discographies listed are generated automatically with the BRIAN application. Most discographies contain not only a detailed session listing, but also an index of compositions performed, an index of issues, and an index of musicians.
Jazz Discography Project
A collector's guide to jazz music CD/FLAC, iTunes/MP3 and vinyl records (LP/EP/45/78, etc.): Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside Records (the big three labels of modern jazz); bebop, cool/west coast, hard bop, modal/mode, free/avant-garde jazz musicians; Miles Davis' personal connections, and more. (Heavy on advertisments.)