The History of Jazz

 

Introduction

“Maybe, I thought, it was because jazz carried no long words, culture, or phony intellectuals’ patterns in playing, so that, like all primitive sound, it was an emotion in most ways beyond taking apart and examining.” –Hoagy Carmichael

The history and music of jazz is fascinating. Jazz is one of the truly American forms of music. It was created, enhanced, and inspired by musicians and a time period that reflects our country. In order to understand jazz it is important to study its history and the value of jazz in our society.

While the majority of high school students know a great deal about certain types of music they fail to realize the influence jazz has played in other music forms. Music is an extraordinary form of expression. Teenagers feel very strongly about music. By guiding those students through the world of jazz they will understand its importance in our society and the historical significance music can play in America.

 

 

 

Need and Statement of Purpose

Jazz is such a part of our history and culture that it is a shame that so many Americans do not understand its significance. Far too many legendary jazz musicians died in poverty and obscurity. It is essential for students of American History to have an understanding of jazz and jazz musicians. Fortunately jazz has gained a resurgence with up and coming artists such as Norah Jones. Jazz provides teachers an excellent opportunity to introduce a part of history very few of them really know about.

Jazz also allows teachers the chance to collaborate across the curriculum. Music in our schools is extremely important and the study of this topic will allow teachers and students to benefit in a variety of ways.

 

Address Issues

The story of jazz cannot be told without audio recordings of the music itself. The music is the star and its story must be told through this medium. Video must also be used in order to illustrate the talent and showmanship of legendary jazz performers. It is impossible to have any type of a jazz collection without audio and video resources. By using different mediums teachers can address differentiated learning and various learning styles of their students.

 

Selection Criteria

The collection will be available in the High School Library Media Center for grades 9-12. Resources can be used in Music Appreciation class, Band and Chorus classes, US History class, Language Arts classes, and World Civilization class.

The resources for this mediagraphy were selected based on reviews, expert opinions, and research by the mediagraphy author.

 

 

Annotated Mediagraphy

 

1.     John Coltrane Website

www.johncoltrane.com

The John Coltrane Foundation Inc

21777 Ventura Blvd. Suite 253

Woodland Hills, CA 91364

818-226-9991    fax 818-226-9996 email: foundation@johncoltrane.com

The official John Coltrane website is a great site for all jazz lovers (novice to experienced) to explore. As one enters the site a playlist of Coltrane’s music automatically comes up. One can listen to classics such as: Peace on Earth, Greensleeves, Naima, Blue Minor, and Crescent. The site also offers photographs, music, movies, and a discography. The John Coltrane store allows one the ability to purchase t-shirts, coffee mugs, and caps.

One of the best features on the Coltrane site is the movie clips. Two such clips located on this site is the So What Solo taped April 9, 1959 and a rare clip of Coltrane’s Love Supreme taped in July of 1965. These clips were courtesy of CBS-TV and were Robert Herridge Productions.

 

2.     Love Supreme- John Coltrane (Remastered CD)

Barnes and Noble www.barnesandnoble.com

$27.58 Catalog Number: 589945 UPC: 731458994529

Release Date: October 29, 2002 Universal

Unarguably one of John Coltrane’s most famous recordings. Love Supreme is listed whenever John Coltrane is mentioned.

 

“JOHN COLTRANE HIS GREAT DAYS
I PURCHASED BOTH THE REGULAR VERSION OF LOVE SUPREME, AND FOUND IT TIMELESS, THIS DELUXE EDITION IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THE REGULAR EDITION LEFT THEM WANTING MORE. IT IS AWESOME! THE WRITTEN LITERATURE GIVES SO MUCH INSIGHT OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO HIS GREATEST WORK. IT IS THE LOGICAL LOVE SUPREME FOR PEOPLE THAT LOVE COLTRANE'S WORK. I DO NOT RECOMMEND OTHER WORKS AFTER THIS ONE WHEN HE DISASSEMBLED HIS CLASSIC BAND. BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS WHO WOULD. BUT OVERALL, JOHN IS STILL AS PRECIOUS TODAY AS IN 1965 WHEN HE RELEASED THIS GEM OF A RECORDING. THE SOUND IS SUPERB FOR SUCH AN OLD RECORDING. WITH COLTRANE YOU CAN BUY FROM 1965 BACK AND WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED IN MOST CASES, FROM 1966 MAKE SURE IT IS WHAT YOU HOPE FOR, LISTENING BEFORE BUYING IS RECOMMENDED”. - CRIS (CARDONA6569@AOL.COM)

 

“Perhaps the most fully realized work of art dedicated to God since Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. No other musician has a church of worship built to honor their spirit (The Church of John Coltrane in San Francisco), and no other artist could be more deserving of such acknowledgment. In the liner notes, Coltrane dedicates the record to God as his "humble offering." But Trane was not alone in his dedication. His classic quartet--made up of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison--merge to form one transcendent entity, pushing beyond all limits to approach the divine. This recording represents the single greatest achievement of an artist who left the world with an extensive discography full of magnificence. The spiritual intensity of A Love Supreme leaves one profoundly moved and quietly ecstatic. An album to be heard nightly, before bed, like a prayer”. -John Ballon (email)

3.     Dave At Night – Gail Carson Levine Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Recorded Books, LLC www.recordedbooks.com 800-638-1304 fax 410-535-5499

Audiobook only…96046GD…$47.00 CD…C1385GD…$58.00

Homework Pack…41038GD $62.20 Class Set…47030GD…$137.30

Print Book…13141GD…$5.95

Listening Library Inc. June 2000

Reading Level: 5^th grade

Young Hoosier Book Nominee

Dave is set to the Hebrew Home for Boys and through a chance encounter he finds a friend and uncovers the jazz-filled significance to the Harlem Renaissance.

 

“Touching, beautifully told”. –New York Times Book Review

 

“Dave at Night is an excellent story that deftly intertwines the story of Dave with the jazz age. Students will have a better understanding of that time period in America by reading this entertaining tale”. –Ann Wright-Gainey

 

“Dave's father dies, and his stepmother does not want to keep him. Suddenly this energetic young boy is an orphan, living in the Hebrew Home for Boys, also known as the Hell Hole for Brats. Dave quickly finds himself battling an abusive schoolmaster, making friends, outsmarting bullies, and spending his nights hobnobbing with the elite crowd of the Harlem Renaissance. Set in New York in 1926, Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins, 1999) brings to life many people and places from the time. As a bonus, Levine narrates her inspirations for this novel, including the story of her own father's life in a similar orphanage. A great addition to fiction or historical fiction collections.-School Library Journal…Todd Dunkelberg, Descutes Public Library System, Bend, OR Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

 

4.     Duke Ellington: Concert of Sacred Music (CD)

www.barnesandnoble.com

$18.99 Catalog Number: 19254 UPC Number: 743211925426

Release Date: June 30, 1998 BMG International

 

“Duke Ellington’s three sacred concerts probably meant more to him personally than anything else he performed. For the first concert, Ellington’s 1965 Orchestra was augmented by vocalists Brock Peters (who sings “In the Beginning God” rather pompously), the talented but rather obscure Esther Morrow, Jimmy McPhail, and the Herman McCoy Choir. In addition tap dancer Bunny Briggs puts on quite a display on “David Danced Before the Lord with all his Might”. From the jazz standpoint, the most rewarding selections are an instrumental version of “Come Sunday”. –All Music Guide… Scott Yanow

 

“The Sacred Concert marked two breakthroughs, one for Ellington, the other for the church. Typically categorized as a practitioner of jazz--which was considered highly secular--Ellington broke through the walls he hated, to a new spiritual area of musical endeavor that he would continue pursuing the rest of his life. For the church, it was also a departure from the musical norm. "Duke Ellington’s concert provoked deep discussion of what constitutes sacred music," said Rev. Bryant M. Kirkland, minister of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. "Many discovered a new spiritual exaltation in the modern idiom." Smithsonian Institute Jazz Initiative

 

5.     A Great Day in Harlem (VHS)

Library Video Company www.libraryvideo.com 800-843-3620 fax 610-645-4040

$19.95 (81 minute) YA5705 B&W/Color

Grades 5 and Up

A Great Day in Harlem looks at Art Kane’s 1958 photograph of famous jazz musicians. Includes 30 interviews with jazz legends such as: Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. It also includes the award winning film The Spitball Story.

As an accompaniment to the video

www.harlem.org/greatday.html

One can explore the history of jazz through one historic photo of numerous important jazz musicians. Very interactive site.

And what a day it was: nearly 60 jazz musicians, gathered on a Harlem street one morning in 1958 for what photographer Art Kane rightly, if immodestly, calls "the greatest picture of that era of musicians ever taken" (incredibly, it was also Kane's first professional shoot). Like Ken Burns's Jazz, this 60-minute documentary, an Oscar nominee in 1995, is a mixed-media affair: still photographs and 8 millimeter color footage (shot by bassist Milt Hinton and his wife) of the day itself are combined with interviews, background music, and performance clips of some of the players involved (from legends like Lester Young, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, and Thelonious Monk to lesser-knowns like Maxine Sullivan, Red Allen, and Vic Dickenson) to tell the story. There are anecdotes about 35-cent dinners, all-night jams, and film loaded upside down; about pianist Horace Silver's vegetarian diet and trumpeter Roy Eldridge's high notes; about old friends reuniting and what Hinton calls "just sheer happiness." Looking at the photo years later, Dizzy Gillespie sums it up simply: "There's a whole lotta people I like on there!"

And speaking of Diz, the DVD also includes "The Spitball Story" (produced, like the Great Day documentary, by Jean Bach), an entertaining if slight tale about the trumpeter's days with bandleader Cab Calloway. Seems Gillespie, a renowned practical joker, delighted in launching spitballs at his fellow musicians. Calloway wasn't amused--especially when one particular projectile landed onstage near him. Although Gillespie for once was not the culprit, the two had a nasty confrontation, resulting in Dizzy's firing from the band. It was, he recalls, "the best move I ever made in music." –Amazon Review…Sam Graham

Informative and Interesting!, December 29, 2001

Customer Review from Amazon.com

 

 

“A Great Day in Harlem: This is a great documentary about one of the most famous jazz photos. With interviews from the photographer, musicians, and even one of the kids sitting next to Count Basie in the front, it gives you a nice background about the photo. Also, there is even some color film footage that was taken by Milt Hinton's wife, along with sequences of photographs that give the feel of motion.

The Spitball Story: A nice mini-documentary about the story behind the spitball that led to Dizzy Gillespie being fired from Cab Calloway's orchestra. Lots of commentary from Diz himself is included (plus Milt Hinton and Jonah Jones), and during the end credits, there's some film footage of Dizzy performing "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped”.

 

6.     Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns Collection (DVD/VHS)

Library Video Company libraryvideo.com 800-843-3620 fax 610-645-4040 $149.95 10 Volume Set (19 hours) YA0025 B&W/Color

PBS Home Broadcasting Release Date: 2000

Grades 8 and Up

Vol. 1 Gumbo

Vol. 2 The Gift

Vol. 3 Our Language

Vol. 4 The True Welcome

Vol. 5 Swing-Pure Pleasure

Vol. 6 Swing-The Velocity of Celebration

Vol. 7 Dedication to Chaos

Vol. 8 Risk

Vol. 9 The adventure

Vol. 10 A Masterpiece by Midnight

Explores jazz through its origins in ragtime and blues through its evolution. Includes music pieces, interviews, and film clips. Jazz was originally a PBS broadcast.

 

Jazz: Box Set by Ken Burns (CD)

www.barnesandnoble.com

Catalog Number: 61432 UPC: 74646143223

Release Date: November 14, 2000 Sony

Jazz by definition originates in swinging rhythms, music virtuosity, and the exuberant spirit of improvisation. Jazz, a film by Ken Burns, harnesses the power and joy of this uniquely American art form, sculpting a celebration of the music, the musicians, and jazz's impact on the world. In sheer scope, nothing in the history of the jazz documentary comes close to matching it. Six years in the making, the film traces jazz's various tributaries and branches , including blues, ragtime, swing, bebop, cool, hard bop, avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary jazz. Ever the great archivist, Burns has mined some breathtaking footage. Among the rarities he's unearthed: never-before-broadcast footage of Charlie Parker and of Count Basie's band featuring legendary saxophonist Lester "Pres" Young. Burns has also assembled thoroughly engaging onscreen commentary by major musicians -- Wynton Marsalis and Dave Brubeck -- and influential critics, including Stanley Crouch and Gary Giddins. Running in 10 episodes over 19 hours, both the DVD and VHS editions of the series offer a riveting stream of classic jazz performances, images, and historical insight, plus thousands of photographs and numerous filmed performances. The DVD also boasts a making-of featurette and three additional performances that will not be broadcast, making Jazz an unparalleled archival feast. –Barnes & Noble

“Better than a college class. This series ran the same time I was taking a history of jazz class in college with a teacher that was more of a jazz musician than a professor. I was thrilled to come home each night and go much more in depth than what we had covered that day. It made jazz more interesting as well as a lot easier to learn. If I would have known about this series earlier, I would have spent the money on the videos and taken ceramics. Ken Burns has a way of drawing the viewer in and making it impossible to get bored or side tracked while watching. A must for anyone who wants to learn about jazz or anyone who thinks they already know all there is to know about it”. –Rheannon Burns December 4, 2001

It's no easy task summarizing the history of recorded jazz from 1917 to the present, but Ken Burns does a fine job of accomplishing just that on this five-disc overview of the music. From the Original Dixieland Jazz Band's "Livery Stable Blues" to Cassandra Wilson's "Death Letter Blues" this well-chosen survey documents the amazing evolution of our national art form. From blues to New Orleans-style to swing to bop to modern to free jazz and on to contemporary sounds, as well as many of the tangents within that broad spectrum, each idiom gets its due. The greatest musicians and some of their greatest musical moments are here: Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues," Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail," Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing," and Miles Davis's "E.S.P.," are just a handful of the brilliant examples of jazz at its best. For those who love the music and those who are just getting their first taste of it, this box set is essential. –Barnes & Noble…William Pearl

In conjunction with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' ten-part 2000 PBS special, Columbia/Legacy and Verve teamed up to issue a special series of reissues covering much of the history of 20th century jazz. The central release of this program is the five-CD box set Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music, its 94 selections covering the history of 20th century jazz, from 1917 to the mid-'90s. Chronologically, the set is very skewed toward the first 50 years of that time span; there is only just under a CD's worth of music dating from after the mid-'60s. What's here is a very good range of classic jazz from throughout the decades, touching upon performances, many acknowledged classics, from many of the music's giants: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and up to Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson. There are just a few dubious inclusions (Grover Washington Jr.'s "Mister Magic," for instance), and as music it's nearly wall-to-wall excellence. As far as core classics of the jazz repertoire, there are quite a few: Armstrong's "West End Blues," Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)," Count Basie's "Lester Leaps In," Holiday's "Strange Fruit," Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train," Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts," Monk's "Straight, No Chaser," Davis' "So What," Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," Coltrane's "Giant Steps," Weather Report's "Birdland," and Hancock's "Rockit." As education, if you didn't know much about jazz before hearing this box, you'll have been exposed to a good deal of its major touchstones after digesting it. Just don't be under the impression that it covers all of the main mileposts, or even that it gives you all of the key launching pads from which to explore further. –All Music Guide… Richie Unterberger

“Offering engaging and vital viewing, this is both an entertaining and valuable U.S. History, music, and cultural resource.” -Booklist

                                       

 

www.pbs.org/jazz and www.pbs.org/jazz/kids

The PBS companion sites to Ken Burns Jazz program

 

 

7.     Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits (DVD)

Barnes and Noble www.barnesandnoble.com

$11.49 Catalog Number: 653 UPC: 11105065320

Release Date: June 16, 1995 GRP Records

“GRP’s Greatest Hits, is not designed for collectors or serious fans, and it will likely frustrate them. However, casual fans and the curious will be well-served by this 19 track collection of highlights from Billie Holiday’s Decca recordings featuring such songs as “Easy Living” and “Solitude”. It is a nice sample that makes for an effective introduction to the era”. –All Music Guide…Stephen Thomas Erlewine

“Billie Holiday is a voice of freedom&struggle.her voice is free to go where ever it wants.the struggle is the battles that she mentions in her music.i have tons of her material.she has been a major influence on my life for a really long time.like Bessie Smith before her Billie Holiday has no musical limits.she is very open&straight to the point with what she is singing about.when you hear God bless the child your heart follows her every word.she broke so much ground when recording her material.i have seen so many people influenced by her.i always here this is the next Billie Holiday or watch out we have the next Billie Holiday.that's her genius.after all of these years there's only one lady day.when you hear her you know you are listening to something special.a disc like this is just a start into a incredible career that is timeless.the feelings from her voice have yet to be met”. Eopinions.com Maximillian Muhammad

 

8.     Masters of American Music Series (VHS)

Library Video Company www.libraryvideo.com 800-843-3620 fax 610-645-4040

$79.70 6 Volume Set (6 hours) YA1005

Originally produced in 1993 Rereleased: April 30, 2002

BMG- Special Productions

Grades 6 and Up

Vol. 1 Bluesland: A Portrait of American Music

Vol. 2 Count Basie: Swingin’ the Blues

Vol. 3 John Coltrane: The Blues According to John

Vol. 4 Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One

Vol. 5 The Story of Jazz: The First Authoritative Program on the History of Jazz

Vol. 6 Thelonious Monk: American Composer

Features some of the most influential jazz artists in American History. Includes interviews, photographs, and performance footage.

”As the queen of the bebop, Sarah Vaughan's popularity was unmatched for several decades. Her constantly evolving vocal style insured her a place in some of the world's greatest big bands. In her mature years, Vaughan proved singers merely get better with age. Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One showcases the legendary voice in concert. Championed by Billy Eckstine, Vaughan rose quickly through the jazz ranks. Her ability to manipulate a tune earned her a reputation as one of the finest musicians of the new bebop era. In this release, she performs many of the songs that brought her fame: "Misty," "Send in the Clowns," "I've Got a Crush on You," and "Someone to Watch Over Me." Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One also features footage of interviews with those that were closest to her”. –All Movie Guide… Sarah Ing

“Don't expect a music video--it's a documentary, and an excellent one, much of it in Basie's own words and those of some of his best sidemen. No serious Basie fan should miss it”. –E.D. Charles

 

9.     Norah Jones- Live in New Orleans 2002 (DVD) www.amazon.com

$11.24 + Shipping Color/ Dolby Not Rated Emi Distribution

Release Date: 2002

Encoding in Region 1 (US and Canada only)

DVD Features:

Cold, Cold Heart, Nightingale, One Flight Down, Seven Years, Feelin’ the Same Way, Come Love, Something is Calling You, Come Away with Me, What Am I to You?, Painter Song, Lonestar, I’ve Got to See You Again, Bessie Smith, Don’t Know Why

Norah Jones has brought jazz to a younger generation. Her debut album won Best Album of the Year during the Grammy Awards. Ms. Jones has many ties to the music world. Her father is the well-respected Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar (John Coltrane named one of his sons after Ravi). Live in New Orleans was recorded at the House of Blues in 2002. The DVD Live in New Orleans is ranked 24^th on DVD sales on Amazon. Ratings for the DVD average 4 ½ stars out of a possible 5.

Online reviewers on Amazon say about the DVD

-“Norah Jones is one of those great music success stories-blessed with talent, seriously approach to her art, and knowing of her strong points. All of these factors, and more, come together in this live show”. –David Steele

 

-“This is a great first DVD of one of the most promising new artists in years. If you love her debut album then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t love this as well”. –kemspeakes

 

10.  The Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz before 1930

www.redhotjazz.com

Scott Alexander, Author scott@technoir.net

Awards:          1998 Music Top 10% Site

                        USA Today Award

                        Silver Platter Site

                        WebCrawler Select

                        Top 5% Site from Lycos

The definitive website for jazz students. This site offers excellent information on the birth of jazz and its early musicians. Site contains a bibliography, information on bands, films, essays, and musician information. One can click on musicians and listen to very early jazz recordings. Louis Armstrong and his Alligator Crawl which was recorded in Chicago on May 7, 1927 by the Okeh Company is featured on the site. Film clips are also available on the site. One clip is Duke Ellington’s 1935 Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life. Great information is found on the site especially concerning the great Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941). Jelly Roll’s given name was Ferdinand LaMothe. In his early days he worked as a piano player in a whorehouse, a poolshark, a gambler, a pimp, and a vaudeville comedian. He blamed his declining health on a voodoo curse.

“This is an informative and fun site that has a great reputation and staying power”. –Ann Wright-Gainey

11.  The Roaring Twenties (VHS)

Library Video Company www.libraryvideo.com 800-843-3620 fax 610-645-4040

Volume 17 of 26 volume set each $39.95 United States History: Origins to 2000

(35-40 minutes) for each volume YD6777

Grades 5-12

Schlessinger Media, 1996

The Roaring Twenties looks at the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age, the revolution of morals, the culture of the automobile, prohibition, and the emergence of the KKK.

“An excellent addition to an American history collection in school and public libraries. Covering a specific time period, or a theme within an era, they can be used as an introduction, summary, or review”. –School Library Journal

 

“Intermixing still and archival footage (with enhanced sound effects), excellent commentary from academic historians, and a stirring musical sound track, this superb series will offer students and general interest viewers a solid grounding in American history while providing immensely entertaining insights beyond the standard textbook fare…Highly recommended…Editor’s Choice.” –Video Librarian

 

12.  The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (DVD/VHS)

Library Video Company www.libraryvideo.com 800-843-3620 fax 610-645-4040

$19.95 (65 minutes) B&W/Color YA0078

Winstar Release Date: 2001 Rating: NR

Grades 7 and Up

A biography of legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong. Includes archival footage, performance clips, and interviews with former band mates.

“This video profiles New Orleans' best-known musical export, Louis P. Armstrong. No figure in jazz is as recognizable as Armstrong, with his incomparable trumpet playing and infectious smile. The video traces Armstrong's life, from his beginnings in the New Orleans Waifs' Home, through his musical career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Archival photographs, film clips, and recollections of family, friends, and colleagues tell the story of this musical genius”. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, All Movie Guide

”You would think there couldn't be anything else to say about Louis Armstrong after Ken Burns's Jazz, which elevated the trumpeter to the status of the 20th century's most important musical figure. But this hourlong program (produced in 1999, some two years before the Burns documentary began airing) equals and often surpasses Jazz by taking a less reverential, more personal approach. Not that Armstrong's monumental innovations and influence are neglected; inevitably, some of the same biographical and musical ground is covered, with several very familiar Jazz faces (like Wynton Marsalis and writer-critics Gary Giddins and Stanley Crouch) providing illumination. But we also get more clips from interviews with Armstrong himself (some from television shows hosted by the likes of David Frost, Jackie Gleason, and even Orson Welles) and those who knew him, like second wife Lil Hardin and longtime bassist Arvell Shaw, as well as some wonderful anecdotes (descriptions of Armstrong's first spouse, a razor-toting prostitute, who kept working after they married, and his audience with the Pope are priceless).

Those and other elements show us a more intimate side of the great man than that afforded by Jazz's hagiography. But the most unusual aspect of The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong may be its interpolation of photographs and film not strictly related to Satchmo and his story. Unlike the stock footage used in most such documentaries, these shots (including views of Los Angeles, Paris, Miami, and other locales) tend toward the arty and abstract; some are in black and white, while others use infrared and other post-production effects. They are occasionally a little incongruous, but overall they provide the artful icing on this entertaining and informative cake”. –Amazon…Sam Graham

Marc Record

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Project Enhancement

March is Music in Our School Month and introducing the collection at this time would be ideal. Our school celebrates by having spirit week, trivia contests, acknowledging student musicians, and a band/choir concert. The introduction of our collection would fit in quite nicely. An evening performance by our jazz band ensemble at the school board meeting, which is held in our media center, would also be another way to highlight our collection.

A collaborative lesson on jazz would work very well. The eleventh grade class could study jazz in band/choir, US History, and Language Arts. The music classes could play jazz pieces and research evolution of jazz, US History could study the emergence of jazz in the 1920s and what was occurring in America at the time, and Language Arts Classes would reinforce this by reading the novel Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine.

Students could develop a HyperStudio Project or PowerPoint could be the culminating project for the study of jazz.

 

Additional Information

Books

Barron, Rachel Stiffler. John Coltrane: Jazz Revolutionary. Greensboro, NC: Morgan

            Reynolds Publishing, 2002.

RL: 7^th grade IL: 9^th grade +

This is an excellent book that focuses on the legendary jazz artist John Coltrane. Coltrane was one of the most important jazz artists and his influence is still prevalent today. Barron has written a well-rounded book that looks at Coltrane’s life and the reflection in his music. The bibliographic information is exceptional. Great book for anyone interested in John Coltrane or jazz.

 

Kennedy, Rick. Jelly Roll, Bix and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded

            Jazz. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994.

RL: 9^th grade IL: 12^th grade +

Kennedy’s book portrays the importance of Indiana in jazz through Gennett Recording Studios which was located in Richmond, IN. A must have for any Hoosier Jazz fan.

“Carefully researched and well written, this study strikes an entertaining balance between the business of recording and the art of early jazz and popular music.” –Paul Baker, Library Journal

“For jazz followers, not to be missed. A huge success.” –Kirkus Reviews

 

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington. New York: Hyperion Books, 1998.

RL: 3^rd grade IL: 1^st grade +

This award winning picture book (Coretta Scott King and Caldecott Honor) illustrated by Brian Pickney is a great introduction to Duke Ellington and jazz. The book provides a great deal of information in a wonderfully illustrated picture book. It has wide appeal.

 

Woog, Adam. The Importance of Louis Armstrong. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995.

RL: 6^th grade IL: 6^th grade +

No collection of jazz information could be complete without a book on Louis Armstrong. This book provides a great deal of information on a legendary jazz hero. Numerous pictures and illustrations provide great insight to Louis Armstrong.

 

 

Additional Websites

www.si.edu/ajazzh/

The Smithsonian’s site dedicated to the heritage of American jazz. Contains excellent audio samples of classic jazz.

 

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This page was created on Wednesday, April 2, 2003

Ann Wright-Gainey

Library Media Specialist

North Daviess Jr/Sr High School

awgainey@ndaviess.k12.in.us