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The Blues
The Blues Web site anchors a multi-media celebration and awareness of the blues and its contribution to American culture and music worldwide.
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Explore contemporary visual art and artists on this companion Web site to the PBS series.
Jazz
Ken Burns' exploration of jazz, America's greatest cultural achievement.
Egg: The Arts Show
Find interactive, online companion pieces about the artists and artwork featured in the PBS series.
American Masters
The companion Web site to the ongoing series examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists.
Who's Dancin' Now?
A valuable tool for educators, artists, administrators, parents, and students to learn about arts education in an easy and effective way.
Culture Shock
Are the arts dangerous? Visit this Web site to explore how the arts have generated controversy over the years.
American Roots Music
Discover the pioneers of the musical forms that combined on American soil to become the most pervasive music throughout the world.
recommended web sites
Institute of Jazz Studies: Jazz Greats
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/main.htm
Three digital exhibits from The Institute of Jazz Studies Rutgers University Libraries honor the contributions of Fats Waller, Mary Lou Williams, and Benny Carter. Music clips using RealAudio accompany each musician's exhibit. Biographical information, photographs, tours, and further resources make this site a rich site for students interested in jazz music. Fats Waller is known for being a gifted pianist and composer, Mary Lou Williams has been called the greatest female jazz musician, and Benny Carter's influence spans eight decades from the 1920s to the 1990s.
Subject: The Arts
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Jazz at Lincoln Center
http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org
Biographies of the conductor and players from Jazz at Lincoln Center introduce you to many talented musicians. The Jazz Notes are articles written by Stanley Crouch about different aspects and personalities of jazz including Thelonious Monk and Sidney Bechet. The Web site promises online lessons related to Louis Armstrong, improvisation, and Latin jazz. Linked from this site is the radio program Jazz from Lincoln Center http://www.jazzradio.org/realarch1.htm where you can read the transcripts and listen to over 20 radio shows using RealAudio.
Subject: The Arts
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The Blue Highway
http://www.thebluehighway.com/intro.html
The Blue Highway serves as a tribute to 20 great bluesmakers: Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, W.C. Handy, and Leadbelly. You'll find essays, news, links, and bluescasts. In Muddy's Cabin, you need Java, then pull up a chair and chat with other blues enthusiasts.
Subject: The Arts
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American Women Homepage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awtoc.html
The Library of Congress has produced a research guide to American Women highlighted in their collection. Manuscripts and images related to women in music, radio, drama, the screen, suffrage, reform, education, health and medicine, science, law, military, and literature are grouped for ease of searching. Topical essays include women's suffrage, women as a symbol in early America, and women in the westward movement. It is worth the time to read the section about the guide to learn how to best use the site.
Subject: Social Studies
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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
www.nps.gov/neor/
Listen to clips of songs like When the Saints Go Marching In and Who's Sorry Now as you browse the New Orleans Jazz Park created to foster preservation, education, and interpretation of jazz as it evolved in New Orleans. There is background information about history including maps of jazz neighborhoods, featuring Louis Armstrong. The Kids Page has a downloadable Junior Ranger activity book in pdf format. Audio clips are .wav files.
Subject: Social Studies
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recommended books
Uncle Andy's: A Faabbulous Visit with Andy Warhol
By James Warhola
Published April 2003
Grades: PreK-2; 3-5
Subjects: The Arts
Warhola recounts his visit to his famous uncle in New York City in 1962, the year Andy Warhol had his first solo exhibition and displayed art fashioned from commercial images: Campbell's soup cans. This is a fun look at the creative process and reveals how creativity can be a family trait. Warhola's illustrations are as filled with wonderful details as his father's junk yard and uncle's apartment were filled with objects.
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African-American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum
By Gwen Everett and Brian Froud
Published September 2003
Grades: 3-5; 6-8
Subjects: The Arts
The Smithsonian as assembled a collection of paintings, photographs, and sculpture by twentieth century artists like Sargent Johnson, Lois Mailou Jones, James Porter, William H. Johnson, Betye Saar, Mel Edwards, Renee Stout, Horace Pippin, Purvis Young, and more. Full page reproductions are accompanied by brief descriptions.
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Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me
By Dave Gelly
Published November 2002
Grades: 6-8; 9-12
Subjects: The Arts
Jazz is the American music, yet it isn't widely appreciated at home. Stan Getz helped bring jazz into the American mainstream during the early 1960s with what became the Bossa Nova craze, but Getz had already been playing for decades and would continue until his death in 1991. This biography examines the difficult life of one of jazz's distinctive tenor sax men.
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A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
By Ashley Kahn
Published October 2002
Grades: 6-8; 9-12
Subjects: The Arts
During Coltrane's last concert with the Miles Davis band in Paris, his innovative solos met with catcalls and whistles from fans who thought he didn't know what he was doing. Frank Tenot, an impresario who knew better, met him backstage and said "You're too new for the people. You go too far." Coltrane reportedly smiled and replied "I don't go far enough." This book focuses on one of the most important albums in jazz A Love Supreme recorded two years before Coltrane's death at 41. The book is filled with photos, memorabilia, and the memories of friends and jazz greats.
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