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William Bauer

Jazz History Online - 2 views

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    Jazz History Online is committed to covering the finest in jazz history past and present. All of the writers are also working jazz musicians, and use their experience to discuss jazz in a manner that is accessible to both musicians and laymen.
Wayne Anderson

DEFINING MUSICIANSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY: The Strategic Partnership Between Jazz at L... - 0 views

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    Great article about Wynton Marsalis' view on jazz and music education. He has entered a partnership to bring jazz music into music education. As an indigenous form of American music, we need to preserve and teach it to our students.
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    Great article about Wynton Marsalis' view on jazz and music education. He has entered a partnership to bring jazz music into music education. As an indigenous form of American music, we need to preserve and teach it to our students.
Matt Gramata

TimPriceJazz.com - 0 views

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    Tim Price provides free lessons on jazz improvisation, theory, and technique.  These lessons can translate to any instrument and provides a variety of topics for the beginning and advanced jazz player to digest.  The music can be opened in pdf form and printed for personal use.  I have used these exercises when teaching jazz theory and technique and is a great resource for jazz students
s61white

Jazz | A Note from Ken Burns | Ken Burns - 1 views

  • They're the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created.
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      Jazz is one of the greatest things Americans will be remembered for? That is a pretty weighty statement/
  • Jazz has offered a precise prism through which so much of American history can be seen — it is a curious and unusually objective witness to the 20th Century. It is the story of two world wars and a devastating Depression — the soundtrack that helped Americans get through the worst of times.
  • nd Jazz is also a story about race and race relations and prejudice, about minstrelsy and Jim Crow, lynchings and civil rights. Jazz explores the uniquely American paradox that our greatest art form was created by those who have had the peculiar experience of being unfree in our supposedly free land
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      I tend to agree with this statement. So much of the jazz idioms are also found in the gospel music of African churches.
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  • In a filmed interview for a documentary history of our national pastime we made several years ago, the writer and essayist Gerald Early told us that "when they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball and jazz music
webstermegan

Education | National Museum of American History - 0 views

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    The Smithsonian Jazz website offers an education page that features information about jazz and jazz musicians, free streaming recordings, and guided listening activities. Some categories also offer parent guides, lesson plans, and education kits. The website suggests that the appropriate age range is 8-15 years.
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    The Smithsonian Jazz Education page is a resource provided to showcase jazz and it's history. They have many lesson plans with recordings and activities to do with your class.
tonyamashburn

Jazz Piano Lessons Online | Learn Jazz Piano | Freejazzlessons.com - 0 views

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    This is a great website for all jazz piano players. This is for the beginning jazz pianist or the experienced. It takes the reader/ student through a series of lessons that are chronological in nature. There are links to blogs and products that can help any level of piano player. The videos explaining jazz concepts are well laid out and very educational.
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    This website offers jazz tutorial videos for jazz pianists. It offers a beginners course where it outlines the basics and slowly increases the difficulty level. Coaching videos are available on a variety of skills and topics
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    This website is a great resource for learning to play jazz piano. It offers coaching and beginner courses. The site also provides professional development and support for educators.
sfrazier04

Music 101 | Jazz | PBS - 0 views

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    This site provides a history of jazz music and its function. It provides sound clips, video clips of jazz musicians, and helpful tips and information relating to jazz music in America.
Staci Pendry

Chuck Vanderchuck "Something Something" Explosion! . Jazz | PBS KIDS GO! - 1 views

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    This is a kids Jazz website. Learn a little bit about the history of jazz, where it comes from and the basic form that goes with it. Play games and watch videos to help internalize the jazz form.
ltwoods4

Smithsonian Jazz | National Museum of American History - 0 views

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    This website provides information related to jazz and jazz history. This website, under the education tab, provides multiple jazz recordings. Additionally, lesson plans are provided to help align the tracks with classroom activities.
Josh Cockrell

Drum Set Performance Tips -"Understanding and Executing the Tune" | The Jazz Education ... - 0 views

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    Jazzednet.org is the site for the Jazz Education Network. It offers helpful articles about properly teaching students the elements of jazz education. This particular article, although listed for drum set performance tips, is applicable for the entire rhythm section of your jazz band. It gives helpful tips on how to make your rhythm section understand the feel and flow of the chart by providing a lead sheet so that they become familiar with the melody like the horn players.
ericmburgeson

Wynton Marsalis Official Website - 0 views

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    Wynton Marsalis is arguably the face of Jazz in America right now, and his website is a great place to find material, resources, and examples of jazz, jazz advocacty, and music education. I visit this site often to check tour dates and look for new jazz news.
Josh Geary

BopLand.org: Free Jazz Lick Database - 0 views

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    This is a search engine database of commonly used "licks" in jazz that can be used for specific functions. For instance, you may type in ii V I and bopland will search for all licks in its database that can satisfy a ii V I progression. It is very helpful for jazz classes and for students stuck on improvisation creativity.
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    This is a search engine database of commonly used "licks" in jazz that can be used for specific functions. For instance, you may type in ii V I and bopland will search for all licks in its database that can satisfy a ii V I progression. It is very helpful for jazz classes and for students stuck on improvisation creativity.
jasnovak9

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Jazz Lounge - 0 views

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    This is a great historical resource for jazz music. Includes biographies, decade-by-decade history, and an interactive jazz performing section.
hammerjp07

Jazz Academy - 0 views

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    Created by the people of Jazz at Lincoln Center, this site is dedicated to spreading jazz education to every school in the country. Jazz Academy has a few different programs, some of which cost money. However, Essentially Ellington is free and member directors get access to a number of resources and free Duke Ellington charts, some of which are accessible at the middle school level.
amandas65

Groovin' to Jazz (Ages 8-13) | National Museum of American History - 0 views

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    This website focuses on jazz history and music. Activities are designed for ages 8-13 or 12-15. Each famous jazz musician or historical page includes the story behind the composition, recordings, and suggested activities that engage students in the listening selection.
Mark Weakley

Jazz Insights - Media - Download free content from Georgia State University on iTunes - 0 views

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    Podcast for learning about jazz artists, specific albums and genres of jazz. There are currently 269 podcasts that are free and describe many different artists such as: Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Louis Armstrong, BIll Evans, Duke Ellington, plus many, many more. THe podcasts are created by Dr. Gordon Vernick, Associate Professor of Music at Georgia State. This is fantastic resource for students as well as educators. 
hero1338

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Classroom - 0 views

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    This website offers resources for teaching about jazz music in the general music classroom. The lesson plans and activities are based on the PBS documentary "Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns" and specifically designed for grades K-5 or 6-12.
Vincent Vicchiariello

Jazz Fundamentals from Jazz at Lincoln Center - National Association for Music Educatio... - 0 views

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    These four short videos give a quick and clear understanding of the basic concepts of Jazz.  
juliaw1

Microsoft Word - Michael_Hoover.doc - 0 views

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    This resource is a kind of jazz band syllabus posted on Midwest's website to help directors who are new to jazz or want to get better at teaching a jazz class. Includes suggested method books, warm-ups, repertoire, kinds of scales to teach, etc.
jeffsaunders

Home | Jazz at Lincoln Center - 0 views

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    A "what's happening" in the jazz world, but also an extremely valuable tool for music educators in North America. Thanks to programs like "Essentially Ellington" there has been a real push to provide music educators with the best resources and opportunities, even going as far as providing free charts for any band program to apply for. Keeping jazz alive in our schools is their mission.
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