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Popular Music & Jazz: A Guide to Research and Resources: Books & Catalogs

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Popular Music (via Oxford Reference)
Covers all genres of popular music 1900-2008, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, as well as popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Provides key dates, biographies, and further reading for artists covered, along with complete discographies. Call no. for print: Reference (SV) ML 102 .P66 G84 2006

Research Guides

Blues, Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, and Rap: A Research and Information Guide by Eddie S. Meadows
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 128 .P63 2010
Miles Davis: A Research and Information Guide by Clarence Bernard Henry
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML134 D254 H46 2018
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Popular Music Theory and Analysis: A Research and Information Guide by Thomas Robinson
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML128 T5 R63 2017
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Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of Jazz by John S. Davis
Call Number: Reference (SV) ML102.J3 D38 2020
Publication Date: September 2020
Contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and a dictionary section with more than 1,500 cross-referenced entries on musicians, styles of jazz, instruments, recording labels, bands and bandleaders, and more.