Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Reference Materials, Interactives & Media, Primary SourceDate Posted: 6/4/2009
Through brief biographies of the composers, primary source documents, and media clips, students will learn about the collaboration of these two great jazz composers and the process involved in writing and recording two of the most celebrated jazz pieces. This website examines two jazz standards, each one its author's most-recorded piece: Caravan, written in 1936 by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol, and Take the "A" Train, composed in 1941 by Billy Strayhorn.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
This custom-made "Silver Flair" trumpet belonged to renowned trumpeter, bandleader, and composer ...
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A brief picture book on the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchest...
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