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- Vehicule Press Published
Paul Bley's "Stopping Time" etc. The site contains a regular
jazz column, "Dobbin's Den" by Montreal's Len Dobbin, a longtime
broadcaster, columnist, reviewer and photographer. There is also an
archival section containing past columns.
- Mercury Press Publishers
of Mark Miller's books of Canadian jazz history, David Lee's study of
Ornette Coleman, etc.
Magazines
- Coda Magazine Respected and
anticipated by musicians, academics, jazz sophisticates and neophytes
alike, each issue of CODA Magazine offers a truly unique perspective
on the world of jazz. Published continuously since May 1958.
- Jazz Improv Magazine U.S.
based but but features many Canadian players. Jazz Improv Magazine is
the most comprehensive periodical reference about jazz improvisation,
designed for enthusiasts and improvisors alike.
Books
- The Jazz Discography From Canadian
Tom Lord, the most complete jazz reference work ever produced. Also
available on CD-ROM.
- Music Books Plus
- mail-order service operated by Norris-Whitney Communications who have
been providing information services to the music, audio and lighting
industries for 21 years. They have a catalog of over 4000 music-related
books, videos, CDs, CD-ROMs, audio cassettes, posters, sound effects,
software and apparel. U.S. and Canada.
Books listed below were linked to Amazon.com or Chapters.ca,
but those links weren't reliable. It's easy enough to look these books
up on various online book stores. Please support your local independent
booksellers by visiting and purchasing from them whenever possible.
For rare and out of print books we highly recommend Advanced
Book Exchange.
- Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada Mark Miller is Canada's
premier jazz critic and historian. Writing for "The Globe and Mail"
since 1978, he's also the author of several authoritative and entertaining
books on Canadian Jazz. His latest, eagerly awaited work, "The
Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada" covers, in encyclopedia form,
the history, players, venues, organizations, and more in Canadian jazz.
It is published by The Mercury Press Publishers .
- Boogie, Pete and the Senator : Canadian Musicians in Jazz :
The Eighties by Mark Miller
- Cool Blues : Charlie Parker in Canada 1953 by Mark Miller
- Jazz in Canada : Fourteen Lives by Mark Miller
- Such Melodious Racket : The Lost History of Jazz in Canada,
1914-1949 by Mark Miller
- The Canadian Jazz Discography 1916-1980 by Jack Litchfield
- Svengali, or the Orchestra Called Gil Evans by Raymond Horricks
- Talkin' Moscow Blues : Essays About Literature, Politics,
Movies & Jazz by Josef Skvorecky
- Headed for the Blues: A Memoir with Ten Stories by Josef Skvorecky
- Jazz for the Young Pianist by Oscar Peterson (out of print)
- Oscar Peterson Note for Note by Oscar Peterson
- Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing by Gene Lees
- Swinging in Paradise : The Story of Jazz in Montreal (Dossier
Quebec Series) by John Gilmore
- Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal by John Gilmore
- Toronto jazz : a survey of live appearances and radio broadcasts
of Dixieland jazz experienced in Toronto during the period 1948-1950
by Jack Litchfield (out of print)
- Changes by Al Neil
- Stopping Time: Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz by
David Lee
- A Guide to Unpublished Canadian Jazz Ensemble Music Suitable for
Student Performers by Cameron K. Walter (out of print)
- Jazz Lives: 100 Portraits in Jazz by Gene Lees
- The Music of Canada by Timothy J. McGee
- Portrait of a Festival: Montreal International Jazz Festival
By: Ron Rosenthall
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