CREDITS

The Traditional Jazz Curriculum Kit was conceived, developed and produced by David F. Robinson Jr., Adjunct Professor of Music, George Mason University, and Founder, Traditional Jazz Educators Network.

FUNDING PARTNERS

MR. JACK SUTHERLAND

DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

The Traditional Jazz Educators Network is an organization of teachers of traditional jazz formed in 1997 for the purpose of promoting and facilitating the teaching of traditional jazz history and performance techniques to young people.  Visit TJEN on the Web at prjc.org/tjen.

The  New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a unit of the National Park System created by the United States Congress in 1994 for the purpose of preserving and interpreting the origins, early development, and progression of jazz in New Orleans.  Visit NOJNHP on the Web at www.nps.gov/jazz.

The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History is a national center for research established in 1846, dedicated to public education and scholarship in the hopes of inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples.  Visit the Smithsonian’s jazz programs on the Web at www.smithsonianjazz.org.

The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance, and developing new audiences. Visit JEN on the Web at www.jazzednet.org.

PRODUCTION TEAM

LAYOUT/GRAPHIC DESIGN/WEBSITE DESIGN

Lasko Design + Consulting (Stephen Lasko, Creative Director)

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Dynasty Video Productions, Sacramento CA (Gib Randall, President)

Ken Petretti Productions, Maywood NJ (Ken Petretti, Executive Producer)

Yes Productions, New Orleans LA (Jim Moriarty, Vice President/General Manager)

VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION

Limelight Communications Inc., Vienna VA (Kenny Reff, Executive Producer)

GMU-TV, Fairfax, VA (Richard Wood, General Manager/Executive Producer)

PRINTED MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

David Robinson, Jr.

Frank Powers

PRINTED MUSIC PREPARATION

Bandman Music (David Bandman)

Bob’s Music Notation Service (Bob and Pat Loughrige)

WITH THANKS TO

Dr. John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music, Smithsonian Institution

Mary Jo Papich, Co-Founder, Jazz Education Network

Gayle Hazelwood, Margie Ortiz, and John Quirk of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Greg Carroll, Director of Education, International Association for Jazz Education

Claudia Holland, Caroline Strunk, Adam Scott, Brian Le, and Courtney Shewak of George Mason University

Peter Jaszi, American University

Dr. Bill Clark, University of Colorado-Denver

Dr. Steve Call, Brigham Young University

Jackie Lamar, University of Central Arkansas

Dr. Ed Cannava, Arapahoe High School

Mundy Viar, Clayton Valley High School

Gary Clark, First Flight Middle School

Polly Edgerton, Silverado Middle School

Bill Dendle, Director, STJS Trad Jazz Camp

Yvonne Au, Coordinator, Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival

Roger Krum, Director, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

Josh Keller, Matt Musselman, and Drew Flores of the Capital Focus Jazz Band

Don Jones, Publisher, The American Rag

Gene Perla, Webmaster, Jazz Education Network

Carol Palmer, Treasurer, Potomac River Jazz Club

Peter Bell and Thom Amdur of Dworbell, Inc.

Jon Band, Policybandwidth

Frank Powers

Rick Yarian

PHOTOGRAPHER CREDITS

Katsuji Abe: Teacher’s Guide p. 15; Style Guide p. 9, 15; Audio tracks booklet p. 11

Jules Allen: Audio tracks booklet p. 13

Ray Avery: Teacher’s Guide p. 28; Style Guide p. 7; Video segment 6.7 (Teagarden photo)

Hal Buksbaum: Style Guide p. 11

William Carter: Style Guide p. 4

Mike Cogan: Audio tracks booklet p. 6

Bill Gottlieb: Teacher’s Guide p. 18; Style Guide p. 7; Audio tracks booklet p. 19; Video segment 5.3 (Bechet photo)

Peter Karl: Teacher’s Guide p. 22; Audio tracks booklet p.15

Russ Kelly: Video segment 6.6 (Murphy photo)

Barry Martyn: Video segment 4.10 (Frazier photo)

Melgar Studio: Video segment 4.8 (Dart photo)

John W. Miner: Video segment 5.2 (Picou photo)

Glenn Okano: Video segment 6.11 (Young photo)

Bob Parent: Teacher’s Guide p. 30

Charles Peterson: Style Guide front cover; Video segment 5.4 (Freeman photo, Hawkins photo)

Duncan Schiedt: Video segment 8.16 (Rushton photo)

Phil Stern: Teacher’s Guide p. 64

Chuck Stewart: Video segment 6.7 (McGarity photo)

Rusty Stiers: Teacher’s Guide front cover, p. 44, 53; poster

Toyama: Video segment 3.8 (Valentine photo)

Rick Yarian: Teacher’s Guide p. ix, 48

 

AUDIO TRACK SOURCES

Associated Transcriptions USA: Tr. 16

Atlantic Recording Corp.: Tr. 2

Concord Music Group: Tr. 17

Daring Records: Tr. 19

Delmark Records: Tr. 7

Island Records Inc.: Tr. 8

Loup-garous Productions: Tr. 10

Nagel Heyer Records GmbH: Tr. 1

Sony Music Entertainment: Tr. 5, 6, 11, 14, 20

Stomp Off Records: Tr. 3, 12, 18

Universal Music Group: Tr. 9, 13, 15

 

VIDEO CLIP SOURCES

Access Sacramento: Video segment 1.11

Alpha Video Distributors: Video segment 4.16

American Music Records/GHB Records: Video segment 4.14

Basin Street Records: Video segment 1.12

Great Museums, LLC: Video segment 1.21

Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation: Video segment 1.3

Heritage Music on Video, Inc.: Video segments 1.5, 8.22

Idem Home Video: Video segments 2.20, 3.17, 6.13, 6.14, 7.17, 8.21

Jazz Casual Productions, Inc.: Video segment 6.15

Jazz Crusade: Video segment 3.18

Yasuyuki Ishihara: Video segment 5.13

Ellis Marsalis: Video segment 1.27

National Park Service: Video segment 1.6

NJN (New Jersey Public Television): Video segment 8.20A

PMFilms, Inc.: Video segment 8.20B

Shanachie Entertainment Corp.: Video segment 3.16

Spot Services, Inc.: Video segment 1.9

Storyville Films: Video segment 7.18

Tele-Pac, Inc.: Video segment 3.15

Turner Entertainment Co.: Video segment 2.22

Twentieth Century Fox: Video segment 7.16

Vintage Jazz Classics, Ltd.: Video segments 2.21, 4.15, 4.17, 5.12

Walt Disney Company: Video segment 6.16

WYES-TV: Video segment 1.2

 

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts

© 2014 David Robinson, Jr.