Cross-Curricular Connections

Ray Charles’s music is a mixture of different styles, including blues and jazz. Click on the link below to learn about the vocabulary of the blues.

http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/glossary.html

Do you play an instrument? Do you dream of playing in a famous band or composing music of your own? Click on the link below to read an interview with Reggie Berg, a young jazz pianist and composer.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078297567/student_view0/chapter9/from_the_top.html