Meet The Great Jazz Legends

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BOOK CONTENTS:

  • Unit 1
  • Louis Armstrong
  • The Story of Louis Armstrong
  • New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
  • Armstrong Word Search
  • Unit 2
  • James P. Johnson
  • The Story of James P. Johnson
  • Stride Piano: The Harlem Stride School
  • Johnson Puzzler
  • Unit 3
  • Duke Ellington
  • The Story of Duke Ellington
  • The Cotton Club: A Great Spot in Harlem
  • Ellington Scramble
  • Unit 4
  • Count Basie
  • The Story of Count Basie
  • Kansas City Jazz Style: Riffs and Rough Livin'
  • Basie Crossword
  • Unit 5
  • Benny Goodman
  • The Story of Benny Goodman
  • The Swing Era: Singing, Dancing, Escaping
  • Goodman Crossword
  • Unit 6
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • The Story of Ella Fitzgerald
  • The Apollo Theater: Pride and Promise
  • Fitzgerald Scramble
  • Unit 7
  • Billie Holiday
  • The Story of Billie Holiday
  • Jazz Ballads: Deeply Personal
  • Interpretations
  • Holiday True or False
  • Unit 8
  • Charlie Parker
  • The Story of Charlie Parker
  • The Bebop Era: Pushing the Envelope
  • Parker Word Search
  • Unit 9
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • The Story of Dizzy Gillespie
  • Minton's Playhouse: The House of Bebop
  • Gillespie Scramble
  • Unit 10
  • Thelonius Monk
  • The Story of Thelonius Monk
  • The Civil Rights Movement: Its Effect on Music in the United States
  • Monk Scramble
  • Unit 11
  • Miles Davis
  • The Story of Miles Davis
  • Cool Jazz: Subdued Exploration
  • Davis Scramble
  • Unit 12
  • Dave Brubeck
  • The Story of Dave Brubeck
  • Odd and Mixed Meters: Jazz Expansion
  • Brubeck Word Search
  • Unit 13
  • Clifford Brown
  • The Story of Clifford Brown
  • The Hard Bop Era: Searching in New Directions
  • Brown Scramble
  • Unit 14
  • John Coltrane
  • The Story of John Coltrane
  • Modal Jazz: Expansive Expression
  • Coltrane Crossword
  • Unit 15
  • Bill Evans
  • The Story of Bill Evans
  • Kind of Blue: A Modal Jazz Classic
  • Evans Crossword
  • Unit 16
  • Charles Mingus
  • The Story of Charles Mingus
  • The Avant-Garde Era: Free Jazz
  • Mingus Scramble
  • Unit 17
  • Herbie Hancock
  • The Story of Herbie Hancock
  • Jazz Fusion: Blending Jazz and Rock
  • Hancock Word Search
  • Characteristics of the Jazz Eras
  • Glossary of Jazz Terms
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