Chord Changes on the Chalkboard

How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans

Al Kennedy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2002
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-4243-4 (ISBN)

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This work covers the role of teachers in the public schools of New Orleans who have fostered the musical tradition of jazz. It covers the efforts with which teachers brought the musical offerings of the city into the schools for the young people who would become generations of the city's musicians.

Using over 90 original interviews, as well as his extensive research in a variety of New Orleans' archives, Dr. Kennedy deftly explores the role public school teachers had in the formative years of jazz, as well as the influence they continue to have on the musical life of one of America's foremost musical cities. As jazz and music mentors, these teachers employed creativity, innovation, and dedication in propelling some of the world's finest musicians forward into brilliant careers. Chord Changes on the Chalkboard includes a foreword by jazz legend Ellis Marsalis, Jr., and is a must for jazz fans and historians, music libraries, and for collections supporting the study of popular culture and African-American history.

Al Kennedy worked as a communications coordinator in the public information office of the New Orleans Public Schools for 21 years.

Foreword - Ellis Marsalis Jr.; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. From Teachers to Jazz Mentors: On the Periphery of New Music; Chapter 2. Clyde Kerr Sr.: From Student to Jazz Mentor; Chapter 3. Yvonne Busch: Shaping New Orleans Music; Chapter 4. The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts: From Jazz Mentors to a Jazz Institution; Chapter 5. The Community Comes into the School: Celebrating the Music Traditions of New Orleans within a Classroom; Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Current Renaissance is No Accident; Appendix 1. Clyde Kerr Sr.: A Link in the Public School Musical Network; Appendix 2. Musical Influences: Yvonne Busch; Appendix 3. Musical Influences: Dr. Bert Braud; Appendix 4. Musical Influences: Ellis Marsalis Jr.; Appendix 5: Musical Influences: Clyde Kerr Jr.; Sources and Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.11.2002
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Jazz ; 41
Zusatzinfo	24 b&w photographs
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 236 mm
Gewicht	513 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	0-8108-4243-2 / 0810842432
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-4243-4 / 9780810842434
Zustand	Neuware