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Jazz Appreciation Month 2011
Jazz Appreciation Month April 2011
Each April, the United States celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), an opportunity to savor a major American contribution to world culture. Initiated by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, JAM aims to focus public attention on the music, and on the many talented composers, musicians and other contributors to the sound. Jazz Appreciation Month 2011 – the 10th Anniversary – examines the legacies of jazz women, and their advocates, who helped transform race, gender and social relations in the U.S. in the quest to build a more just and equitable nation.
Learn How to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (Smithsonian Jazz).
Jazz – Teaching and Learning Resources
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Smithsonian Jazz
celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month, April, by offering sound clips, information about jazz events, a directory of jazz societies (by state and country), links to other jazz websites, and four online "classes" featuring Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Benny Carter.
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Jazz in America
offers lessons for teaching about jazz in American history or music class for Grades 5, 8, and 11.
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Jazz, A Film by Ken Burns
is the companion website to the Ken Burns PBS series that aired in January 2001.
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NEA Jazz in the Schools
traces the history of jazz from its birth in New Orleans to the swing era, bebop, and new frontiers.
Publications
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![National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters [1982-2011]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130224222523im_/http://photos.state.gov/libraries/korea/397355/April_2011/Pub1.jpg "National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters [1982-2011]")
National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters [1982-2011]
Profiles NEA Jazz Masters from 1982 to 2011 with brief biographies and selected discographies for all 119 honorees. Includes a brief history of NEA's creation of the Jazz Masters program and an overview of the newly expanded program. NEA Jazz Masters Video Tributes »
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America Popular Music
American popular music is a kaleidoscopic mélange of styles and dreams. Its vibrancy reflects the mating of cultural diversity to artistic and creative freedom. The stories in this book illustrate how Americans, borrowing from diverse musical traditions, have contributed to humanity’s universal language.
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