Kids for Coltrane

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Teaching About The King of Swing

Posted by: christineforcoltrane on: May 21, 2009

During the lovely month of May,  I had the sincere pleasure of leading a “play-shop” on Benny Goodman along with Sherman Irby lead alto saxophonist with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. This event took place after school and was designed to prepare teachers for the upcoming concerts honoring Benny Goodman. These fabulous teachers will [...]

A beautiful evening honoring exquiste music and gifted musicians John Coltrane and Miles Davis…pic with board members from The Friends of the Coltrane Home…the lovely lady at the far right is Kathleen Coltrane, the wife of saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. It was thrilling to meet her. She is proud of The Kids for Coltrane and supports my [...]

Lesson Plan for Jazz at Lincoln Center Education Newsletter

Posted by: christineforcoltrane on: February 26, 2009

Check out the enlightening newsletter from JazzED. Click Here. My lesson plan was recently published in the Jazz Corner section…click on Lesson Plan 3 to view Click on the page to the left to see lesson plan.


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