Short Sessions on the Lives, Times & Music of the Great Jazz Legends
By Ronald C. McCurdy
Item:
00-26329
UPC:
038081291154
ISBN 10:
0739044362
ISBN 13:
9780739044360
PRICE:
$14.95
Category:
General Music and Classroom Publications
Format:
CD
Introduce a new generation of music enthusiasts to 17 legendary jazz artists who have enriched the world with their incredible talents. Dr. McCurdy's illuminating stories about the lives, times and music of these great jazz musicians span the entire twentieth century, from early New Orleans Jazz through the Golden Age of Swing plus the avant-garde and jazz fusion eras. Includes units on Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock. Now available with CD, students can listen to examples of each legend's recordings to fully understand the beauty of jazz music!
Also available: Classroom Kit with reproducible activity sheets and listening CD!
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How High the Moon
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Nancy Hamilton (lyricist); Morgan Lewis (composer)
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Now's the Time
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Charlie Parker (composer)
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Now's the Time
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Charlie Parker (composer)
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How High the Moon
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Nancy Hamilton (lyricist); Morgan Lewis (composer)
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A Night in Tunisia
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John Gillespie (composer); Frank Paparelli (composer)
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Night in Tunisia
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John Gillespie (composer); Frank Paparelli (composer)
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'Round Midnight
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Thelonious Monk (composer); Bernard D. Hanighen (composer); Cootie Williams (composer)
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'Round Midnight
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Thelonious Monk (composer); Bernard D. Hanighen (composer); Cootie Williams (composer)
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Blue Moon
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Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
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Choose Now
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Tadd Dameron (composer)
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My Favorite Things
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Oscar Hammerstein II (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
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My Favorite Things
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Oscar Hammerstein II (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
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Waltz for Debby
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Gene Lees (composer); Bill Evans (composer)
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Waltz for Debby
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Gene Lees (composer); Bill Evans (composer)
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Blue Moon
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Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
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Carolina Shout
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James P. Johnson (composer)
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Carolina Shout
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James P. Johnson (composer)
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Four
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Miles Davis (composer)
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Four
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Miles Davis (composer)
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Take Five
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Paul Desmond (composer)
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Take Five
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Paul Desmond (composer)
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Choose Now
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Tadd Dameron (composer)
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