Presentation in conjunction with pianist Harry Pickens designed for music teachers interested in beginning to improvise and for their students. …read more

Jazz. A musical style that evolved in the United States around 1900, chiefly played by AfroAmericans, though the music has since been produced and consumed interracially and internationally. Jazz was, in the earliest stages, a brewing of many stylistic influences – African rhythms and “blue tones,” European instruments and harmonies, marches, dance music, church music,… …read more

Glossary of jazz and related musical terms …read more

Primary (K – 3) Performance Selections Composer Focus Sister Sadie Horace Silver Define jazz Explain improvisation In music In speech In other areas Blues Performing group Create an original melody based on the school mascot or from a suggestion from the students Communicating within the group without speaking Melody – saxophone Bass line as conductor,… …read more