Annotated Bibliography
These Scalar webinars enabled the construction and overall functionality of our project by teaching us the "ins and outs" of Scalar. These allowed us to easily achieve collaborative and fluid results that allowed for a seamless medium transition, from external documents to Scalar book.
Filius Jazz Archive: "Jazz Archive Interviews." Filius Jazz Archive. Hamilton College, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2016. <http://contentdm6.hamilton.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jazz>
The interviews on hand at the Filius Jazz Archive allowed us to select, with relative ease, targets for focus within our project. Though not always the most efficient mode of access, the interviews conducted and stored in the archive provided information that proved invaluable in its inclusion in this project.
Biographies - Germaine Bazzle: Nastos, Michael G. "Germaine Bazzle." All Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2016. <http://www.allmusic.com/artist/germaine-bazzle-mn0000541944>.
This site, combined with the transcript from her interview, was vital in producing our biography page centered on Germaine Bazzle. It provided a brief overview of her life and celebrated her various accomplishments, also making note of how she was an underappreciated musician for what she accomplished.
Biographies - Etta Jones: Yanow, Scott. "Etta Jones." All Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.
<http://www.allmusic.com/artist/etta-jones-mn0000207498/biography>
All Music's biography feature provides a brief summary of jazz singer Etta Jones' entire career. Beginning with her first tour from New York at the age of 16, the site touches on Jones' most popular hits, her endeavors with different jazz groups, as well as the end of her career and life in 2001. This information a quite helpful when paired with Etta Jones' interview transcript.
Biographies - Nancy Wilson: Ankeny, Jason. "Nancy Wilson." All Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.
<http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-wilson-mn0000368367/biography>
This particular biography on Nancy Wilson discusses an in depth summary of her life and achievements. The site provides information on her early work as a jazz vocalist, her successful television program and her journeys into other creative fields. All Music provides plenty of facts on Wilson's long and decorated jazz career as well several samples of her most popular recordings.
Biographies - Jackie Cain: Deming, Mark. "Jackie Cain." All Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.
<http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jackie-cain-mn0000127599/biography>
Jackie Cain's biography not only focuses on her own jazz career, but also puts an emphasis on her work with Roy Kral, her pianist, both of whom are included in the project's featured transcripts. Again, All Music outlines Cain's career since a young age until her eventual death in 2002. More importantly, the site provides information on the history and achievements of Jackie and Roy as women in the world of jazz.
The Jazz Lover: "A Brief Overview of Jazz History and Jazz in New York City." New York's Box Office.
<http://www.nyc.com/visitor_guide/the_jazz_lover.1013407/editorial_review.aspx>
"The Jazz Lover" websites contains a large amount of information on jazz history in relation to the musical roots of New York City. The site also mentions the the draw that the city had for up and coming as well as established musicians from cities like Chicago. It features pioneering artists within the style of music, as well as the shifts and transformations that jazz, as a genre, experienced throughout the twentieth century.
Scaruffi, Piero. "A History of Jazz Music." A History of Jazz Music. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2016. <http://www.scaruffi.com/history/jazz1.html>
Helped illuminate the history of jazz and teach us about how a new genre of music was born and how it culminated into the music that it is today.
Tucker, Sherrie. "A Feminist Perspective on Jazz & Women." (n.d.): n. pag. National Park Service. 30 Sept. 2004. Web. <https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/upload/New_Orleans_Jazzwomen_RS-2.pdf>
Took us through a feminist perspective on the history of jazz. Not only taught us about the history of jazz, but showed us this history through a female lens.
Hersch, Charles. Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2007. Print.
”Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans” talked about the birthplace of jazz and its racial connections. Hersch spoke about New Orleans, its places, musicians, and music and how they all started and grew over time.
Pellegrinelli, Lara. "A DIY Guide To The History Of Women In Jazz." NPR Music. NPR, 13 May 2013. Web. 14 May 2016. <http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2013/05/10/182885860/a-diy-guide-to-the-history-of-women-in-jazz>
Another source that aided in understanding the history of women in jazz. Teaching us about reading, listening, and the women of jazz, Pellegrinelli uses practical examples to hammer home her points. This source also helped with seeing how influential specific women were to jazz like Mary Lou Williams, Hazel Scott, and Jane Ira Bloom.
"Chronology." Women In Jazz. Old Dominion University Libraries, n.d. Web. 14 May 2016. <https://www.lib.odu.edu/exhibits/womenshistorymonth/2003/chrono.htm>
Quick overview of the history of women in jazz by decade and historical event. With the birth of the jazz set at around the early 1900s, a timeline view makes sense for further understanding of the manifestation of jazz.
"Race Is Socially Constructed." (n.d.): n. pag. University of Wisconsin. Web. <http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~oliver/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Race-is-Socially-Constructed.pdf>;
Nehisi-Coates, Ta. "What We Mean When We Say Race As A Social Construct." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 15 May 2013. Web. 14 May 2016. <http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/what-we-mean-when-we-say-race-is-a-social-construct/275872/>;
Onwuachi-Willig, Angela. "Race and Racial Identity Are Social Constructs." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 17 June 2015. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/16/how-fluid-is-racial-identity/race-and-racial-identity-are-social-constructs>
These notes from a social science class at University of Wisconsin, as well as articles from The Atlantic and New York Times discuss the nature of race as a social construct, as well as a developed debate on the inherent issues in our created classification systems.
Gannon, Megan. "Race Is a Social Construct, Scientists Argue." Scientific American. N.p., 5 Feb. 2016. Web. 14 May 2016. <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-construct-scientists-argue/>
This article from the Scientific American discusses the scientific basis for our development of race as a social construct, while annihilating the notion that race is some biological characteristic.
Omi, Michael, and Howard Winant. "Racial Formations." Racial Formations. Santa Monica University, n.d. Web. <http://homepage.smc.edu/delpiccolo_guido/Soc34/Soc34readings/omiandwinant.pdf>
Omi and Winant discuss the racialization of America, as well as how our current notions of race and its cultural, political, and social relationships have developed over time.
McPherson, Tara. 2012. “Why Are the Digital Humanities So White? Or Thinking the Histories of Rae and Computation.” In Debates in the Digital Humanities edited by Matthew K. Gold. University of Minnesota Press.
McPherson discusses the inherent, covert racism that exists within the digital humanities stemming from the desire for modularity in software development, as well as in the ways that current forms of internet expression perpetuate a standardized view.
"Timeline." Jazz in America. Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, n.d. Web. 14 May 2016. <http://www.jazzinamerica.org/jazzresources/timeline>
This timeline of important dates in jazz history was vital in our development of both our jazz history pages, as well as helping to highlight women's contributions. Many of these dates show up in our interactive timeline on the history page.