Articles from the Newsletters of the Jazz Society of Eastern Iowa
See the following column and letter interchange that appeared in the Des Moines Register. Read in the order that follows:
Initial column from Des Moines Register
Letter to the columnist in reply
Letter to ME from Max Bennett of Oskaloosa, now a long-time jazz musician in Sunny California
Mingus Big Band - Dr. Bill Carson reviews the spectacular concert at Hancher, January 20, 2001
Milt Hinton - Ken Burns Jazz Special, by Dan Knight
Stride Jazz Piano, by John Wilson, Volume 1, No. 3
Swedish Jazz - reprinted by permission, Volume 1, No. 2
"The Guy" - mystery artist, by Dan Knight, Volume 1, No 1

Learn about jazz

Learn from the Master: What is Jazz? - Check out Billy Taylor's explanations. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/whatisjazz/

Read about jazz from Downbeat's Jazz 101 course: http://www.downbeat.com/sections/education/text/jazz101.asp?from=go

Great Day in Harlem Education Through Jazz Photography http://www.harlem.org/

From the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz: Jazz Resource Library: http://www.jazzinamerica.org/jrl.asp
and the National Jazz Curriculum: http://www.jazzinamerica.org/home.asp

A Jazz Improvisation Primer. You can purchase this, but you can also browse online: http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/index.html

All That Jazz, articles, education and interactive music: http://library.thinkquest.org/18602/mainstart.html

Jazz Articles from the Atlantic Monthly: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/jazz/articles.htm

Go to school in Iowa and read about our faculty

Always go to LIVE music. Find out about events, read about the musicians, get background on the bands.