| Founder |
Jeremy Wilson
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| JazzStandards.com
was developed by Jeremy Wilson,
a jazz fan and information management
specialist. When looking for documentation
on jazz standards a few years ago
he found it was available, but spread
out and direly in need of centralization
and preservation. Using newspaper
archives, liner notes, websites
and books, many of which are out
of print, he has documented the
origins of the top 100 jazz standards.
And more are on the way.
Update: We are now up to 300!
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Editor in Chief
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Sandra Burlingame
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| Sandra Burlingame
is the editor of Sing Your Story
by Jay Clayton, Metaphors for
the Musician by Randy Halberstadt,
and Tapping the Source by
Brenda Bufalino. She also contributed
to Jackson Street after Hours
by Paul de Barros. She is a former
member of Earshot Jazz Board of
Directors, editor of its magazine,
and publisher of 5/4 Magazine.
For JazzStandards.com she has
written hundreds of biographies,
book reviews, and edited nearly
everything else.
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Jazz Historian
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Chris Tyle
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| Chris Tyle is a
multi-instrumentalist performing
classic jazz; that is, jazz music
from the very beginnings in New
Orleans up until the bebop era of
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis.
For ten years, six nights-a-week,
from 1992 until 2002 he led his
Silver Leaf Jazz Band at the Can
Can Jazz Cafe on Bourbon Street,
New Orleans. Tyle has researched
the history of jazz music for more
than 30 years and is termed "An
expert on early jazz," by Scott
Yanow, author and editor of the
All Music Guide to Jazz.
For JazzStandards.com he has
written the Jazz History in Standard
Time pages and the Jazz History
Notes for the top 200 standards.
 One
of the CD's by Chris Tyle's Silver
Leaf Jazz Band,
New Orleans Wiggle, has
been given a four star rating and
a special "crown" by the Sixth and
Seventh Editions of the Penguin
Guide to Jazz. Out of approximately
10,000 CD reviews in the Guide,
only 152 recordings have received
this rating (see our home page for
more on the review).
You may visit his website at:
www.geocities.com/silverleafjb/christyle.htm
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Editor and
CD Recommendations |
Noah Baerman
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Pianist Noah
Baerman earned Bachelors and Masters
degrees in Jazz Studies from Rutgers
University, studying under Kenny
Barron. Noah’s
widely acclaimed 2003 release
Patch Kit raised funds and
awareness for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,
a connective tissue disorder with
which he was born. The album,
featuring bassist Ron Carter and
drummer Ben Riley, gained substantial
press and radio airplay nationally
and led to an appearance for Noah
on Marian McPartland’s NPR program
Piano Jazz. Noah’s fourth
album,
Soul Force was released
in 2005 and is a tribute to the
life and message of Martin Luther
King. “Soul Force” features his
trio alongside a wide array of guest
musicians including trombonist Robin
Eubanks and saxophonists Steve Wilson,
Jimmy Greene, Wayne Escoffery and
Claire Daly. Noah is active
as an educator, teaching privately
and at several institutions including
Wesleyan University, Central Connecticut
State University and Charter Oak
State College. He has written
eight books for the Alfred Publishing
Company. His most popular
books are the three-volume
Complete Jazz Keyboard Method
and the
Big Book of Jazz Piano Improvisation
and in 2005 Alfred published Noah’s
first instructional DVD.
He is a prolific composer as well
and in 2006 earned First Prize for
jazz in the Billboard Song Contest.
You may visit his website at:
www.noahjazz.com
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| Musicologist |
K.J. McElrath
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K. J. McElrath has worked in
jazz performance, musical theatre
and music education for over twenty-five
years. A composer of several works
for winds and orchestra, his pieces
for jazz ensemble have been published
by Kjos Music Co. of San Diego.
He holds a Master's Degree in Composition
and Theory from Central Washington
University, where he studied with
Professor John Moawad. His
unique approach to both jazz
piano performance and arranging
involves the frequent use of
counterpoint.
For JazzStandards.com he has
written Musical Analyses for the
top 200 standards.
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Editor and
CD Recommendations |
Ben Maycock
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| Ben Maycock is a
freelance writer, researcher and
editor. A fervent jazz fan he is
a regular reviewer and contributor
to Planet Jazz magazine.
He spends his time shuttling up
and down the Atlantic coast between
Nantucket, Massachusetts and Nova
Scotia, Canada. His wife Jennifer
and a manic Jack Russell named Pipa
keep him in line.
He may be contacted at:
benmaycock@hotmail.com
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| Writer |
Terry Perkins
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Terry Perkins is
a freelance writer based in St.
Louis, Missouri. Terry has been
writing about jazz for more than
two decades for The St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, Downbeat
magazine,
AllAboutJazz.com and other publications
and websites. He also writes and
produces corporate communication
videos. When he isn't listening
to music or writing about it, you
can usually find Terry somewhere
near a trout stream, at a Cardinals
baseball game or rooting for his
alma mater, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He may be contacted at:
tperkins01@charter.net
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