Music – Jazz

 

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  Jazz, A Film by Ken Burns is the companion website to the Ken Burns PBS series that aired in January 2001. Explore cities and clubs where jazz developed; listen to excerpts of bebop, cool jazz and other styles…  (WETA, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)
 
  Drop Me Off in Harlem is a multimedia exploration of the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s). Students can hear Langston Hughes read his poems, listen to Duke Ellington direct his orchestra, or watch “Shorty”…  (ArtsEdge, supported by Multiple Agencies)
 
  Smithsonian Jazz celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month, April, by offering sound clips, information about jazz events, a directory of jazz societies (by state and country), links to other jazz websites…  (Multiple Agencies)
 
  River of Song follows American music along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Delacroix Island. Learn about blues, cajun and zydeco, country and bluegrass, gospel, folk, hip hop, jazz, rock…  (National Endowment for the Arts)
 
  Jazz in America offers lessons for teaching about jazz in American history or music class for Grades 5, 8, and 11. Learn about the evolution of jazz, different jazz styles, improvisation, basic…  (Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, supported by Multiple Agencies)
 
  NEA Jazz in the Schools traces the history of jazz from its birth in New Orleans to the swing era, bebop, and new frontiers. Five lessons include essays, videos, photos, and nearly 100 music clips of Scott…  (Multiple Agencies)
 
  Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials features music, art, and writing from Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. Learn about Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, James…  (Library of Congress)
 
  Ragtime presents sheet music, essays, and video and sound clips related to ragtime. This distinctly American music appeared (in its published form) during the mid-1890s mainly in the South…  (Library of Congress)
 
  William P. Gottlieb: Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz includes 2,000 digital images taken by writer-photographer William P. Gottlieb. From 1938 to 1948, the “Golden Age of Jazz,” swing reached its peak and modern jazz developed. While on…  (Library of Congress)
 
  Dr. Billy Taylor, a Conversation on Jazz presents excerpts from four lectures by Billy Taylor — a noted jazz pianist, historian, and educator. He discussed jazz from its roots in the African-American slavery experience…  (ArtsEdge, supported by Department of Education)
 
  Celebrates Louis Armstrong provides information, lessons, a discography, lists of broadcasts and videos, and websites related to this American jazz legend…  (ARTSEDGE, supported by Department of Education)
 
  Musical Harlem is a lesson that helps students (Grades 3 and 4) learn to identify musical styles and musicians associated with Harlem, focusing on jazz. Students can listen to audio samples and…  (ARTSEDGE, supported by Department of Education)
 
  Gerry Mulligan Collection presents audio excerpts, scores, photos, and information about the jazz composer and band leader who elevated the baritone sax to the status of a solo instrument and, with his…  (Library of Congress)

 

Source of the above resources: 

U. S. Department of Education. (n.d.). FREE: Federal resources for educational excellence. Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies. Retrieved July 24, 2009, from the FREE Web site: http://www.free.ed.gov

 

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