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Howard Louie Bluie Armstrong
1909–2003
Buddy Ray
1919–2003
Peter Compo
1932–2003
John Mayer
1930–2004
Joe Kennedy Jr
1923–2004
Claude Fiddler Williams
1908–2004
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
1924–2005
Finn Ziegler
1935–2005
John Blair
c.1943–2006
Richard Byron Dick Wetmore
1927–2007
Leroy Jenkins
1932–2007
John Frigo
1916–2007
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Recordings and publications by new music violinist and conductor Paul Zukofsky
http://www.musicalobservations.com
Cellist, composer, arranger Alan Shulman who co-founded with violinist Sylvan Shulman the New Friends of Rhythm
http://www.capital.net/com/ggjj/shulman
Brilliant Italian improvising violinist, arranger and composer Stefano Pastor
http://www.stefanopastor.com
and his colleague modernist Italian poet and performer Erika Dagnino
http://www.erikadagnino.com
Discography and photos of guitarist Oscar Alemán, including violinists, researched by Hans Koert
http://www.people.zeelandnet.nl/koerthchkz/aleman.htm
Jazz Fiddle Wizard Martin Norgaard who is a doctoral student at University of Texas, Austin
http://www.jazzfiddlewizard.com
Exploratory violinist and composer Leroy Jenkins posted by his biographer Carl Baugher
http://www.geocities.com/turningcorners
Exploratory violinist and Mills Music College faculty member India Cooke
http://www.mills.edu/SHOWCASE/F97/MUS16/mus16.IndiaCooke.html
and
http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=46
Bay area modern swing violinist Yehudit
http://www.yehudit.net
Exploratory violinist and violin and viola builder David Prentice
http://www.davidprenticeviolins.com
Exploratory violinist Eyvind Kang
http://www.geocities.com/kanggallery
Fusion violinist Jean-Luc Ponty to whom Stuff Smith passed the mantle of fire at Violin Summit
http://www.ponty.com
Wynton Marsalis collaborator Michael Ward who has also recorded smooth jazz and earthy blues with Clarence Edwards
http://www.ralphrecords.com/m_ward_page.htm
Lyrical modernist improvising jazz violinist and composer Sam Bardfeld
http://www.sambardfeld.com
Young New York City-based jazz violinist and folk fiddler Jeremy Kittel
http://www.jeremykittel.com
Exploratory violinist and educator John Blake
http://www.johnblakejr.com
Composer and cellist and Quartette Indigo founder Akua Dixon
http://www.akuadixon.com
Violinist Gayle Dixon and store for Akua Dixon’s compositions and arrangements
http://www.jazzbows.com
Improvising strings educator and author Jody Hamon
http://www.stringimprov.com
Young jazz violinist Michael Fraser whose hero is Stuff Smith
http://www.swingamajig.com
Avant-garde violinist and instruventor Jon Rose including the Doc Rosenberg archive
http://www.jonroseweb.com
Exploratory Detroit violinist and record producer Michael Khoury
http://www.geocities.com/entropystereo
Philadelphia-based jazz violinist and vocalist Monique Canniere who also plays in folk and classical idioms
http://www.moniquecanniere.com
Eclectic jazz and blues electric improvising cellist, composer, performer Gideon Freudmann
http://www.cellobop.com
Electric six-string violinist, vocalist, composer, educator Tracy Silverman
http://www.tracysilverman.com
Improvising violinist, multi-instrumentalist and instrument artist Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry
http://www.fanaticalfitzhugh.com
and his educational site
http://www.fiddlejam.com
Blog of London-based literary translator and violinist David McDuff
http://halldor2.blogspot.com
Discography of exploratory violinist Mat Maneri by Rick Lopez
http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/MANERI.disc.html
Jazz violinist and vocalist Nicole Yarling who favors Stuff Smith
http://www.nicoleyarling.com
Violinist Mark Chung including jazzstrings resources and links
http://shoko.calarts.edu/~chung/jazzviolin
Swing violinist Peter Compo (1932–2003) who played bass with Stuff Smith in Philadelphia
http://www.petercompo.com
Violinist and educator Benedict Heaney charts the development and use of electric violins
http://www.digitalviolin.com
Jazz violinist and educator Randy Sabien
http://www.randysabien.com
Eclectic violinist and educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman
http://www.julielyonn.com
and her interactive alternative string music resource site
http://www.stringcentral.com
International Association for Jazz Education String Caucus
http://www.jazzstringcaucus.org
and their discussion group which requires yahoo registration for access
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IAJEStrings
and International Association for Jazz Education umbrella organization
http://www.iaje.org
Comprehensive Fiddle, Violin and Alternative Strings Forum
http://www.fiddleforum.com/fiddleforum
Swing violinist and educator Paul Anastasio who studied with Joe Venuti
http://www.swingcatenterprises.com
West coast jazz and session violinist Jeremy Cohen who favors Joe Venuti and Eddie South
http://www.jazzviolin.com
Multi-strinstrumentalist and author Stacy Phillips
http://www.stacyphillips.com
and FiddleSessions web magazine which he edits for Mel Bay
http://www.FiddleSessions.com
Eclectic violinist and Berklee College of Music Strings Department Chair Matt Glaser
http://www.berklee.edu/bt/122/bb_profile.html
Fusion violinist Michal Urbaniak who favors Stuff Smith
http://www.poland.net/~urbaniak
Pan-cultural jazz violist Eric Golub who also performs on a variety of Asian stringed instruments
http://www.ericgolub.com
Electrifying violinist and composer Christian Howes
http://www.christianhowes.com
Los Angeles area fiddler–violinist, composer, educator Richard Greene who works in a variety of alternative genres
http://www.richardgreene.net
Funky jazz violin by Darrell Looney to elevate the mood of your everyday groove
http://www.phatfunk.com
Swing violinist Lenny Solomon who favors Stéphane Grappelli
http://www.lennysolomon.com
and
http://www.bowfire.com
Modern swing violinist Federico Britos who has recorded with Charlie Haden
http://www.ejn.it/mus/britos.htm
Modernist violinist Alfredo Triff who has recorded with Kip Hanrahan
http://www.alfredotriff.com
Scottish violinist Alex Yellowlees who plays in a Grappelli influenced modern swing style
http://www.jazzviolinpromotions.co.uk
World’s Greatest Blues Violinist Ruby Harris based in Chicago
http://www.rubyharrismusic.com
Boston based jazz violinist and educator Paula Zeitlin
http://www.paulazeitlin.com/index.htm
Alabama free improvisation pioneer LaDonna Smith violinist and violist
http://www.the-improvisor.com/transmuseq/ladonna
and publisher of The Improvisor
http://www.the-improvisor.com
Renaissance Man swing violinist, bassist, poet and painter John Frigo
http://www.johnnyfrigo.com
Chicago-based lyrical modernist violinist Zach Brock
http://www.zachbrock.com
Swing violinist Mike Piggott who has recorded tributes to Stuff Smith and Stéphane Grappelli
http://www.mikepiggott.com
Modernist violist Tanya Kalmanovitch
http://www.tanyakalmanovitch.com
Improvising violinist Billy Thompson who plays in a wide variety of genres
http://www.billythompson.co.uk
Eclectic swing violinist Darol Anger
http://www.darolanger.com
Jazz violinist and researcher Edzard Model English and German language site
http://www.jazz-violin.de
Manchester, England based contemporary jazz violinist Graham Clark
http://www.grahamviolin.com
Fiddler Magazine
features folk, country, ethnic, swing violin
http://www.fiddle.com
Strings Magazine
features concert, education with folk, country, ethnic, jazz violin
http://www.stringsmagazine.com
Virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist Duck Baker who has written about our work in Jazz Times and Coda
http://www.duckbaker.com
Jazz and improvising violinist Ivor Ottley who is based in Ireland
http://www.ivorottley.com
Modernist improvising cellist and pianist Matt Turner who has recorded in a wide range of idioms
http://www.improvcellist.com
Vitarist John Blair whose recordings include a concert with Dizzy Gillespie and fusion albums
http://www.vitarmaster.com
Astounding blues-rock and more acoustic violinist Bobby Yang
http://www.bobbyyang.com
Northern Europe Jazz Quartet and String Zone with modern swing to bop violinist Stig Roar Wigestrand
http://www.stringzone.no
Centre des Musiques by modernist violinist and educator Didier Lockwood
http://cmdl.free.fr
Urban ganster stringer hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari
http://miriben-ari.tripod.com
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