Jazzmakers
| Series
Information |
Curricular
Areas:
Music |
| Length:
4/15-Minute Programs |
| Grade
Levels: 4-12 |
| Teacher’s
Guides |
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This
series features performances by outstanding jazz artists, who comment
about their relationship to and feelings about this improvisational
art form. The performers include a drummer, a guitarist, a pianist,
a vocalist and a saxophonist.
Episode Descriptions
1 Kenny Burrell
— A gifted and articulate guitarist, Burrell describes
the history of the blues and jazz, how these musical forms have
influenced international music, and how this music is a human language
that we all speak.
2 Nancy Wilson
and Richie Cole — Vocalist Wilson and saxophonist Cole
sing and play together for the first time and explain how musicians
communicate with each other and how vocal traditions and jazz instruments
have interacted to build the rich voice of jazz.
3 Art Blakey
— One of the leading drummers of the 20th century, the
late Art Blakey describes the power of the jazz experience, the
role of the drummer and other musicians in the group, and how musicians
communicate through improvisation and even vibrations.
4 Marian
McPartland — An accomplished jazz and classical pianist,
McPartland demonstrates a variety of jazz moods, provides a short
history of jazz, and offers some personal insights into her long
career as a jazz musician.
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