Teaching Resources

10 folk songs arranged for voice and piano in a simple style appropriate for beginners and classes by Jay Althouse .

12 showtunes for beginners arranged by Andy Beck.

by Ruth Schramm.

John Feierabend has created 11" x 17" picture cards for this echo and cumulative folksong.

John Feierabend's Song Cards Set includes: Down by the Bay & Oh, In the Woods

John Feierabend has created 11" x 17" picture cards for this echo and cumulative folksong.

Taj Mahal plays a traveling guitarist who creates a band out of "nothing".  Young Ty gets the whole town out to watch.

Taking the Stage as the First Black and White Jazz Band in History by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus, by James Ransome.

by Jonah Winter, illus. by Keith Mallett.  Visit New Orleans and discover in rhyme and jazzy, colorful art the story of this jazz legend. 

The Story of the Rock and Roll King by Bonnie Christensen.

The Sound of Joy Is Enlightening. Chris Raschka's art imaginatively illustrates this colorful, uplifting life story of the famed jazz musician.  Discography, too.

by Charlotte Voake.  Jaunty bios for Gr. 4-8 with illustrations, anecdotes, period history and activities. 

by Roxane Orgill, illus. by Francis Vallejo.  The story of Art Kane's famous photo of jazz greats.

by Charlotte Voake.   Includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities. 

by Nina Nolan, illus. by John Holyfield. People might say she was born with nothing. But little Mahalia had something: a voice bigger than she was.

Remastered original Verve recording of the 1950 studio session with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Curly Russell and Buddy Rich.

An Interactive Storybook about John Phillip Sousa by Beck, Christian, and Sadowsky.

Music of Armstrong from Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz".

Short Sessions on the Lives, Times & Music of the Great Jazz Legends by Ronald C. McCurdy, Ph.D.

by Deborah Hopkinson,  illus. by Raul Colon.  The inspirational story about the creation of the Jubilee Singers-the most important black singing group of the 19th century.