Search Tips for OneSearch
Recordings are fully cataloged in Ball State’s OneSearch, but sometimes it takes a little digging to find them. Here are some pointers:
Start with the basic search, using a name or title
From the list of results, select "Library Catalog" to limit to items in the Music Collection (CDs, Books, Scores) or Educational Resources and Technology Collection (DVDs)
Select from the following Content Types:
- Book/ebook
- Music Recording
- Music Score
- Streaming Audio
For assistance in locating recorded music, contact Music Collection staff at
765-785-8188, or Amy Edmonds, the music librarian, at 765-785-5065.
Jazz CDs in the Music Collection, listed by genre and era
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Traditional Jazz (Dixieland / New Orleans)Small-combo jazz from the earliest days of jazz, ca. 1900-1930.
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Big Band & Swing JazzMusic of the 1930s onward, for large ensembles, often with a bandleader or singer as soloist.
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Big Band from the 1950s and BeyondPost-war big bands from the 1950s to the present.
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Bebop / BopSmall-combo jazz of the post-war era and beyond, featuring virtuosic solos. The style originated in the Village area of New York in the late 1940s - early 1950s. Stars included Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Max Roach.
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Latin JazzJazz from Latin-America and jazz inspired by Latin-American rhythms and styles.
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Cool JazzSoftened timbres that contrasted with the hard edge of bop in the 1950s and maintained its own style into the 1960s and beyond.
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Dixieland and Swing after 1950A revival movement resurrected Dixieland for new audiences in the 1950s, and "trad jazz" continued to flourish to the end of the century.
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Vocal Jazz Prior to 1950Jazz was not entirely an instrumental form. There were many vocalists who fronted big bands or became soloists in their own right.
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Vocal Jazz of the 1950s - 1990sVocalists continued to sing with bands or with just piano long after the hey-day of Big Bands.
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Vocal Jazz after 1990Vocalists continue to enrich the jazz styles of the new millennium.
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Fusion JazzJazz fused with elements of rock or other genres marks its beginnings with Miles Davis's Bitches Brew of 1970.
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Fusion from the 1970s - 1990sAfter its initial development, fusion became a major force in jazz until the end of the century.
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Avant-Garde and Free JazzPost-bop musicians took the virtuosic and individualistic element of bebop to new levels in the 1960s. The most famous proponent was Ornette Coleman.
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Jazz of the New MillenniumJazz continues to be a relevant art form today. Artists blend styles from the past with innovations from the present, using electronic sounds or rap to expand the jazz vocabulary.