Song List:
Children's Poet Eve Merriam
Eve Merriam Teaching Suggestions
The Poem
Using Pitched Instruments for the Question
Scat Section---Echo
Putting it All Together!
Extensions into Other Curriculum Areas
Cooking
CHAPTER 10: A JAZZ FESTIVAL IN YOUR SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY
Planning
Preparation
Before the Festival Begins
During the Festival
Ending the Festival with a Culminating Event
After the Festival
A Sample Schedule of Events from a Jazz Festival in a Preschool
Appendix
Division of Rhythmic Values
Measure or Bar
Tempo
Meter
Time Signatures
Jazz Terminology
Scat
A Little Scat History
Syncopation
Swing
Swing Music vs. Swing Feel
The Swing Style
Swing Dance
The Blues
Standard Blues Form with Bass Note
Listening Lists
Introduction
Elements of Jazz
How To Use This Book
CHAPTER 1: SCATTING---ELLA FITZGERALD
JAZZ GREAT---Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Teaching Suggestions
Ella Fitzgerald Sang Bop Boo Day
Adding the Scat Section
Talking Scats
Singing Scats
Ella Chant
Ella Rhythm Chant
CHAPTER 2: BEBOP---CHARLIE PARKER
JAZZ GREAT---Charles "Yardbird" Parker
Charlie Parker Teaching Suggestions
Bebop
Charlie Parker Played Bebop
Charlie Parker Played Bebop Riff
Charlie Parker Riff Accompaniment
CHAPTER 3: COOL JAZZ---MILES DAVIS
JAZZ GREAT---Miles Davis
Miles Davis Teaching Suggestions
Cool Jazz
So What
The Lyrics
CHAPTER 4: DIXIELAND---LOUIS ARMSTRONG
JAZZ GREAT---Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Louis Armstrong Teaching Suggestions
Dixieland
Let's Have a Parade
CHAPTER 5: SWING AND BIG BAND---DUKE ELLINGTON
JAZZ GREAT---Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Duke Ellington Teaching Suggestion
Swing and the Big Band Era
Take A Train
Billy Strayhorn
Jazzy Train Collaborative Art Project
CHAPTER 6: SWING---BENNY GOODMAN
JAZZ GREAT---Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman Teaching Suggestions
Movement and Dance to Recorded Music
Free Dance
Exercising to Recorded Music
Adding Recorded Music and Movement to Literature
Drawing and Painting to Recorded Music
Jackson Pollock
CHAPTER 7: LATIN JAZZ---TITO PUENTE
JAZZ GREAT---Tito Puente
Tito Puente Teaching Suggestions
Latin Jazz
Movement and Dance
Structured Dance---The Mambo
Mambo Art: Drawing and Painting to Recorded Music
Craft Project: Make Percussion Instruments
CHAPTER 8: THE BLUES---TAJ MAJAL
Taj Majal Teaching Suggestions
The Funky Bluesy ABCs
About the Blues
The Blues---Teaching Suggestions
What Did You Have For Breakfast?
Animal Blues
The Talking Blues
Miss My Mama Blues
CHAPTER 9: JAZZ POETRY
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