Unity Jazz: High School Jazz Combo Junior High Jazz Combo
At Unity we will have two jazz combos this year.  The Junior high jazz combo was started two years ago and this year we will add a high school jazz combo.  The jazz combo not only introduces the student to a unique style of music but it also teaches students the skill of improvisation.  Students learn melodic charts and we apply scales and chord changes that students will improvise to.   During each class we work on articulation, scales, interpretation and improvisation.  Each ensemble will perform at different concerts and events throughout the school year.  The goal of our instrumental music department is to establish a junior high and high school big band.  This group totals about 20 and has a very specific instrumentation.
Links of Interest:	PBS Kids Web Site
	Jazz Roots Site
	Jazz Biographies at PBS
	So You Wanna Learn About Jazz
	Jazz At Lincoln Center
	Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz
	Smithonian Jazz
	American Jazz Museum
	Jazz Improvisation at the University of Wisconsin
	A Passion for Jazz
	Jazz Guitar Online