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MUS 155: Jazz Appreciation and Studies: Naxos online & Music CDs

This guide will help you find resources for studies of Jazz music and Jazz Appreciation course MUS 155 as a student at East Central College.

Music CDs @ ECC

There are over 900 music CDs at ECC.  You may check out up to 4 audio/visual titles and for 10 days.

Located in the drawers behind the Leisure books, there are 11 genres of music. 

Genres

CHRISTIAN – classic and contemporary artists

CLASSICAL – classical and opera selections

COUNTRY - classic and contemporary artists

JAZZ – jazz and blues

MISC – holiday, children’s, various selections

RAP – rap and reggae

ROCK – classic rock, pop, and contemporary artists

SOUL – soul and Motown artists

SOUNDTRACK – movie and television soundtracks

STANDARDS – Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett & others

WORLD – music from around the world

 

If you need to narrow down your search by year, try these.

Blues (Music) - to 1931

Jazz - 1921-1930

Popular music - 1921-1930

Jazz - 1931-1940

Popular music - 1931-1940

Jazz - 1941-1950

Popular music - 1941-1950

Jazz - 1951-1960

Jazz - 1961-1970

Jazz - 1971-1980

Jazz - 1981-1990

Jazz - 1991-2000

Jazz - 2001-2010

Jazz - 2011-2020

Jazz vocals

 

Jazz includes over 100 titles.  These include:

Jazz in Naxos

Naxos Music Library is a database providing access to over 1.2 million music tracks (limit 5 simultaneous logins)from any internet device.  This is a library provided resource and you must click through the Library for access.

Watch the tutorial for assistance in searching Naxos

 

Options include by Genre, by Title or by Artists

   JOHNNY CASH

   BEETHOVEN

   VIKINGS (ORIGINAL TELEVISION SERIES SOUNDTRACK)

   DEBUSSEY

   I DON'T LIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC, BUT I REALLY LIKE THIS!