Jazz at Lincoln Center - Concert Resources


Overview JFYP Concerts JFYP Curriculum NEA Jazz in the Schools Middle School Jazz Academy EE High School Jazz Band Program Band Director Academy Educator Advantage Card Workshops & Clinics Professional Development Print Music Overview WeBop JFYP Concerts EE Competition & Festival Overview Listening Party Swing University Pre-Concert Discussions Overview Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame Essentially Ellington Resources Education Events JFYP Curriculum Concert Resources	Below you will find helpful materials to prepare your students or family for an upcoming Jazz at Lincoln Center concert. You will find informative resource guides with classroom activities, photos, and artist bios as well as streaming audio of concert repertoire and audio lessons narrated by Wynton Marsalis and concert artists. “Jazz and Imagination” - April 16-20 and 23-27, 2012 Concert Resource Guide for Jazz for Young People on Tour: Jazz and Imagination (PDF) "What is Improvisation?" – February 10-11, 2012 Teacher's Resource Guide (PDF) Listening and Analyzing Activity Little Liza Jane - Narrated by Wynton Marsalis Click to listen Track 1 Little Liza Jane: Step 1 Track 2 Little Liza Jane: Step 2 Track 3 Little Liza Jane: Play Along "Who is Duke Ellington?" - November 4 & 5, 2011 Teacher's Resource Guide (PDF) Concert Repertoire - Click to listen Black and Tan Fantasy It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Mood Indigo East St Louis Toodle-oo Take the A Train Listening and Analyzing Activity Harlem Airshaft - Narrated by Wynton Marsalis Track 1 (Intro) Track 2 Track 3 (Break on Harlem Airshaft) Track 4 Track 5 (Demonstration of Riffs) Track 6 Track 7 (Trumpet solo with Ellington's background material) Track 8 Track 9 (Wynton demonstrates accented beat) Track 10 Track 11 (Ellington orchestrates "big four") Track 12 Track 13 (Shout chorus) Track 14 Track 15 (Harlem Airshaft)