This space features lessons, songs, videos and articles created by JECO members for use in classrooms and studios, ages K through adult. Publications by our membership are also made available for personal study. Thanks to their generosity, we can share these teaching and learning resources with all JECOhio.org visitors.
If you have a lesson, published article or presentation you’d like to share, please attach it to an email addressed to submissions@jecohio.org for review. We love hearing about what fellow jazz educators are bringing to their classrooms and rehearsals.
CLASSROOM LESSONS
Jazzy Ohio by Bill Burns (4th grade)
An original composition about great jazz artists from Ohio. MP4 Video – PDF Lyrics
For the lead sheet and MIDI piano accompaniment to this song, JOIN JECO today!
Miles Davis Poem – rap to accompany the melody of “So What” from the album Kind of Blue - Bill Burns (4th grade)
Beboppers 101 – Bill Burns (1-6 general music)
ANCILLARY TEACHING MATERIALS
Jazz theory PDFs
Major modes ~ Major modes in bass clef ~ Mel. minor modes ~ Mel. minor modes in bass clef ~ The Cycle ~ Practice matrix
More Than the Blues
PUBLICATIONS & CLINIC MATERIALS
- Beginning Jazz Improvisation: A Rhythmic Approach by Dr. Jeff Boehm
- October 2008 Triad article by Dr. Scott Garlock
- Learn Your Chords, Kid! by Bradley Sowash, Triad, Summer 2011
- The Ugly Truth About Music Advocacy by Jay Welenc, Triad, Fall 2010
- Helping Your Jazz Band Students Perform Beyond the Sheet Music by Todd Hartman, Triad, Winter 2012
- More Than the Blues: Insights Into The Jazz Ensemble Score Preparation & Editing Process by Michael Parkinson