Jazz Appreciation Month, April 2006

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.  The 2006 Jazz Appreciation Month poster features a stunning portrait of Duke Ellington by the celebrated American artist LeRoy Neiman.  Duke Ellington (1899-1974) is the pre-eminent jazz composer and one of the greatest all-around American musicians ever — bandleader, conductor, composer, arranger, accompanist and piano soloist.

 

   Internet Resources

  Jazz Appreciation Month Web Page, International
  Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.
  http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2006/Apr/03-
  859354.html

  The New York Jazz Scene, International Information 
  Programs, U.S. Department of State.
  http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2006/Apr/04-
  587885.html

  Smithsonian Jazz Appreciation Month
  http://smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp

  Jazz Appreciation Month Resources, Department of Education
  http://smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp

Jazz in the Schools, National Endowment for the Arts
http://media.jalc.org/nea/home.php

Other Resources

Jazz, A Film by Ken Burns
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/

Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/index1.html

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, The National Association for Music Education
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/index1.html

International Association For Jazz Education
http://www.iaje.org/

Center for Black Music Research
http://www.cbmr.org/styles/index.htm

AllAboutJazz.com
www.allaboutjazz.com

Jazz Information, Musicandyou.com
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/index1.html