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Jazz in America The National Jazz Curriculum www.jazzinamerica.org General Syllabus (eight units)
- What is Jazz
- Elements of Jazz
- improvisation
- rhythm
- sounds and instruments associated with jazz
- harmony
- form
- Jazz’s Roots, New Orleans, Ragtime, and Dixieland (1900-1930)
- Big Band Swing (1930s)
- Bebop (1940s)
- Cool, Hard Bop, and Modal Jazz (1950s)
- Avant Garde/Free Jazz; Fusion (1960-1990)
- Jazz Today; Jazz Tomorrow (1990-2000+)
Suggested Supplemental (Optional) Materials
- The Instrumental History of Jazz, Willie Hill (N2K Inc.) (includes two CDs--one multi-media enhanced--featuring historically significant recordings and a 54-page booklet)
- Jazz Styles, History and Analysis, Mark Gridley (Prentice Hall) (easy to understand jazz history text; includes two CDs: one demonstration CD and one CD of historically significant recordings)
- Jazz in American Culture, Burton W. Peretti (Ivan R. Dee Publishing)
- Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music (Sony) (includes five CDs featuring a wide variety of historically significant recordings and a detailed booklet)
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