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 Jazz Reference Materials

Websites / Web Resources
    Intro to Jazz
  •  Charlottesville  https://cvillejazz.org/education/introduction-to-jazz/
  • Introduction to Jazz - Style https://unctv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/d42bb825-dd92-4d69-9ee0-ec7acb9d5219/introduction-to-jazz-style-music-arts-toolkit/
  • JazzStandards - everything you want to know about history, music, musicians https://www.jazzstandards.com/index.html
    https://www.apassion4jazz.net/jazz_styles.html

    Essential Jazz Albums / Playlists
  •  uDiscoverMusic   https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/jazz-for-beginners-essential-albums/
  • 9 Albums to help you get into jazz  https://lstnsound.com/blogs/main/9-albums-to-help-you-get-into-jazz 
  • Best Jazz Albums of All Time - 22 Lists Combined  https://rateyourmusic.com/list/erikfish/best_jazz_albums_of_all_time___22_lists_combined/

    Spotify
  • An Introduction to Jazz  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2sN4tAMlLmBqU0PR5LmVzM
  • Ultimate Jazz Playlist  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01mtswy9f2A3ayUFB2Aynv?si=9a088163c58f4fd2
  • Jazz Standards (long) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cb0vNJCjgTDWvnjRjkCNg
  • New Orleans Jazz  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5kC6WML93SwDyPu3oAUAwE?si=f2ab163a63854101
  • 100 Greatest Jazz Classics  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/74noNdXFX1lUuB03QDqKFi

    Resources for Teachers
  •  Smithsonian has a large collection of classroom activities  https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/education
  • Teaching Jazz History  https://teachinghistory.org/search/node?keys=jazz
  • Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz:  lesson plans & reference  https://www.jazzinamerica.org/Home
  • Lessons in Jazz - HBCU Channel  http://hbcuradionet.whur.com/shows/lessons-in-jazz/
  • Jazz Education Resources  https://www.earshot.org/jazz-education-resources/
  •  International Jazz Day - Educational Resources  http://jazzday.com/educational-resources/
  • EdSitement  Lesson Plans   https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans?f%5B0%5D=lesson_plan_subject_topic_facet%3A9416
  • Lesson Plan:  The Music of African American History  https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/music-african-american-history
  • Kennedy Center Classroom Resources  https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/collections/collections/jazz-and-blues/
  • 250 Jazz Standars, with Play-Along, chord charts,and videos  https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/index-of-jazz-standards/
  • Elementary School Music Lessons, free resource library https://beccasmusicroom.com/jazz-lessons-upper-elementary/

    Improvisation
  • Jazz Improvisation - Gary Burton, online course Coursera (free to audit)  https://www.coursera.org/learn/jazz-improvisation?specialization=music-education
  • Herbie Hancock teaches full online course - 25 lessons  https://www.masterclass.com/classes/herbie-hancock-teaches-jazz/chapters/improvisation#
  • Exploring Improvisation in Jazz  (middle school)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnk1fCQENw
  • PlayJazzNow      https://www.playjazznow.com/improvintro/
  • 16 must-hear jazz solos and improvisations  https://jazz.fm/best-jazz-solos-improvisations/
  • Bobby Selvagio   https://www.jazzedmagazine.com/articles/basic-training/a-process-to-jazz-improvisation/
  • Jazz Improvisation 12 Step Method  https://www.freejazzlessons.com/jazz-improvisation/

    Misc
  • Six Giants of Jazz Improvisation   https://www.musical-u.com/learn/six-giants-jazz-improvisation/
  • This is Your Brain on Jazz     https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/29/health/brain-on-jazz-improvisation-improv/index.html 
  • https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/this_is_your_brain_on_jazz_researchers_use_mri_to_study_spontaneity_creativity
  • Jazz Lessons - free introductory membership https://www.jazzeveryone.com/membership-details/
  • NPR Jazz Profiles    https://www.npr.org/series/10208861/npr-s-jazz-profiles


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VIDEOS

    The Progression of One Artist  -- Herbie Hancock
Walkin  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asJRAGUlZ1c
Cantaloupe Island   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1_Ev5J79U
Chameleon     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oweK8H40kZk
RockIt   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY

    The Progression of One Song  -- Spain by Chick Corea
Chick    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9SAKiKaNU
recent cover  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhy75hiTb6c
two pianos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TV7m1ksNI
big band  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKT7Wnq8V9Q
remix   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5bgAMitE_8

    The Many Splendid Autumn Leaves
10 Different Styles  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprQBx92LpY
 live, street  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t3xBqAWLaU
 Chet Baker  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsz3mrnIBd0
 Cal Tjader Mambo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF3ZpKyNKCM
 Honey Train  vocal  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3wnfqTTgo

    Blues
How Blue Can You Get  Blues Brothers    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQAHxROM3Ls
Ana Popovic  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1_Ev5J79U
Let The Good Times Roll  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj9BLTO9_ss
Teresa James  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vodLttmc70
Etta James -I Would Rather Go Blind     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDc3Ww-2X70
Dua Lupa -I Would Rather Go Blind  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnu1P0rzpmY
Christina Aguilera  At Last    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__4bN56LU0w

    New Orleans
Trombone Shorty   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq8ZqVTrOFI    
2nd Line Parade   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Swl9zWJIgA
New Orleans Jazz Vipers   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHOkW0k8fJ4
St James Infirmary  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNsai4nbKtc
The Dirtiest Clarinet Solo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0srzSEPeHrk
Can't Stop The Feeling   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW6Jtl8wewg

    Latin
Tito Puente  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZQh4IL7unM
Los Hacheros  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wHcpn7GFvE
Buena Vist Social Club  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbRZ73NvlY
Miguel Zenon  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Wikxw79Sg
Eddie Palmieri  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jreit95rJ_Q
Eliel Lazo & Marvin Diz  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRDbbifZplw
Oye Como Va - Aimee'   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wm-3Mfj8ds
Dizzy  - Manteca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tRGMHfKrE
Desafinado  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FolEno814Gk
Aquarela do brasil  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ojgwFg96c
samba de verao   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKE7zt_1Z20
Samuel Formel   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwnmZaDRz4
EL REY DEL TIMBAL  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k27F1FccuK4
Chan Chan  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAjRmHODjyQ

    Jazz Fusion
Weather Report  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsuDWMPcAHI
Herbie Hancock  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBB10vhVaU
John McLaughlin and Mahishnu Orchestra  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv_bkS5VVaA

    Hip Hop - Jazz
Miles  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W7_rdNJDyk
Herbie Hancock   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY

    Jazz Pedagogy
Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY https://www.youtube.com/c/JazzAcademy
An Introduction to Jazz from Smithsonian  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWU3rNmJq3Y
St James Infirmary - Calloway - cartoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmJy-IA7l4 
What If 'Misty' Was Played By 8 Legendary Jazz Pianists?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ7v7mdzK08
Dave Brubeck - Improvisation  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceiDpI_ZabA
Looper - Cyril Aimee'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvg9mer1Ig
20 Jazz Standards you Must Know As A Jazz Musician(and the best versions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KS0jk4M9T4
How did I get full scholarship in Berklee College of Music  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViVcoGU8xg

    Misc
LindyHop + Jazz   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzc7vY9VTnk
Gypsy Jazz - HOT CLUB DU NAX   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqawqSF4xs8
All About the Bass  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLnZ1NQm2uk
THRILLER 1930s jazz style  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-_pUPVjdo
1920s style - PostModern Jukebox   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NABuS9TdfZ0
1920s style - PostModern Jukebox     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iDncS9-2vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9jGGiqjwf4
1940s style -PMJ   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1j5-KSmQvc
Ella Fitzgerald Style PMJ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSP7oJvbOSY
Louis Prima Style PMJ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA3pC5G02Vk
tap dance   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsUB6Jia4v4
acappela  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elwTgpHlty0

    Musicians
Al Jareau  Take 5    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItBzDgfcaA
Dr. John   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6RtVmc5dSE
Marcus Miller  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYtOoN4olE
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNPpssruFY
Summertime - Andrea Motis  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxIPVAPRBi4
Cyrille Aimee & Ryan Hanseler  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04gUll3EwtI
Clark Terry -Mumbles  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne8YtluA1ms
Ladyva - Boogie Woogie  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JYxpO0KIfM
Esperanza Spalding  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQtXo4tiZxs
Nicholas Payton  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ybT7S9clU4
Miles Davis  Bitches Brew  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AR93r-ASWI
Angelina Jordan   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp67k9wk2Mw
Local - Mint Julep  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr-giRFOvGE&lc=UgzkUn37DAR9kt-__O94AaABAg
Local - Sidecar Social Club  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-pOD9CyLU&t=1s
Local - NCCU Jazz Ensemble   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpODXHxQ2Zo
Local - NCCU Vocal Jazz  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVC4HzgHlEo



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