Grade Range: 3-8Resource Type(s): Lessons & ActivitiesDate Posted: 6/10/2008
In this music activity, students will learn how to listen to and appreciate authentic jazz recordings by listening to sixteen recordings by jazz greats and reading brief introductions that discuss the relevance of the songs as well as how to listen to them.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
Over the course of her 60-year career, Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) became known to fans and colle...
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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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