Music! Its Role and Importance in Our LivesChapter 9:
JazzWeb Links
| Miles Davis | | Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about jazz legend Miles Davis through video clips and audio files. Discover his contributions to music as a trumpeter, composer, and mentor to other musicians. Next, click on the “Art” link to find out about another side of the man: Miles Davis, the visual artist. Explore the vivid paintings and expressive sketches Davis started creating as early as 1980. Can you see the vibrant visual expression of music in some of his drawings?
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http://www.milesdavis.com/
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| Jazz In Time | | Follow the history of jazz through video and audio clips. Have you ever wanted to improvise a jazz solo with your own back-up group? Click on the “Jazz Lounge” link at http://www.pbs.org/jazz/lounge/lab_virtual_piano.htm to play a “jazzed-up” version of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” using syncopated and slurred melody techniques. Then, perform your own expression of the song in “Improvisational” mode.
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http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/
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| Swing Music.net | | Swing is not dead! Find out about the roots of swing and how it lives on in the modern age. View pictures of the musicians and the recording technology of the 1920s. Be sure to check out the radio archives with footage of radio shows about the great musicians of the swing era.
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http://www.swingmusic.net/History.html
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| Duke Ellington: Smithsonian Jazz Web Site | | Take the “A”-Train through a colorful tour of the life and musical career of Duke Ellington. Meet the members of his band while you treat your ears to some of his most famous works on the site’s “Jukebox” feature. And while you’re there, enjoy photos from the museum’s Duke Ellington Collection.
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http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/start.asp
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| Jazz for Young People Online Curriculum – Improvisation | | Learn about one of the major elements of jazz: improvisation. This online lesson includes Wynton Marsalis talking about jazz improvisation and different improvisations of the same melody. When you’ve finished, be sure to take the quiz about improvisation and jazz form. This site also has online lessons on jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, complete with video and audio clips.
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http://www.jalc.org/jazzED/j4yp_curr/modules/improvisation/module.html
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