Copies of the Traditional Jazz Curriculum kit developed by David Robinson have been distributed to more than 10,000 schools and colleges across the country. The kit enables music teachers to teach young people how to perform traditional jazz and contains lesson plans, music arrangements, transcriptions and lead sheets, audio tracks, instructional videos, resource and jazz style guides and a poster.
According to Robinson, "While scholastic jazz education programs are widespread, there has not been a formalized curriculum for the teaching of New Orleans-derived styles. The Traditional Jazz Curriculum Kit is acquainting students nationwide with the music of Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Lu Watters, Turk Murphy, Eddie Condon, and later exponents of traditional styles, including the top traditional jazz artists of today."
"The goal of the project is the national revitalization of traditional jazz styles through the increased participation of young people. The curriculum package has been designed to augment existing scholastic music programs and supports the National Standards for Music Education as well as select Common Core Standards.
Jazzman and educator David Robinson sees a future in Traditional Jazz. He also leads The C
