Jazz Area : Locating Music, Books, CDs, & DVDs

The Wilson Music Library is organized by the Library of Congress call number classification system. The series of letters and numbers asks as an address to a specific book or score and is arranged by subject. You can locate music materials by, M (Notated Music), ML (Literature on Music), and MT (Music Instruction and Study). Ask a staff member if you need help locating materials.

M (Notated Music)

• M28 - M32: Piano Music
• M1366: Jazz Ensembles
• M1622: Songs published between 1850 and 1923

MT (Music Instruction and Study)

• MT68: Improvisation, accompaniment, transposition
• MT239: Piano performance
• MT733.7: Jazz band performance
• MT866: Vocal improvisation
• MT868: Jazz vocals

ML (Music Literature)

• ML 128.J3: Jazz bibliographies
• ML 156.4.J3: Jazz discographies
• ML 3506: General literature on jazz
• ML3509.A-Z: Books on jazz by regions or countries (A-Z)
• ML 3508-3508.8: Books on jazz by region or country (United States)
• ML 3918.J39 : Polticial and social aspects of jazz

The Wilson Music Library houses the Jamey Aebersold books in the improvisation section (MT 68). Conduct a keyword search "Jamey Aebersold" in the library catalog to locate other materials in this section. 

The Wilson Music Library holds jazz improvisation resources, literature on jazz musicians and the style, jazz method books, arrangements, and CDs for listening. Locating materials can be easy if you know tips and tricks for navigating the library call numbers and the library catalog. Below we will look at a few ways to search the library and library online catalog. 

Conducting an "advanced search" by Library of Congress subject heading is a tip to help you find related material classified and identified under a linked subject area in the online catalog. Here's a list of subject headings that may be helpful: 

• METHODS (JAZZ)
• STUDIES AND EXERCISES (JAZZ)
• PIANO MUSIC (JAZZ) 
• SAXOPHONE MUSIC (JAZZ) 
• GUITAR MUSIC (JAZZ)
• DOUBLE BASS MUSIC (JAZZ) 
• TRUMPET STUDIES AND EXERCISES (JAZZ)
• JAZZ MUSICIANS
• JAZZ MUSICIANS --UNITED STATES

Advanced Search 

1. Click on "Advanced Search" in the bottom right hand corner of the library search bar. 
2. Change search filter to "subject" and enter your subject heading in the search term box. For the example below, I used "Double bass music (jazz). This search will show results containing that subject heading in the record and will help narrow you results for the instrument and style of music.