CHORD CHANGES ON CHALK BD CB

Foreword - Ellis Marsalis Jr.; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. From Teachers to Jazz Mentors: On the Periphery of New Music; Chapter 2. Clyde Kerr Sr.: From Student to Jazz Mentor; Chapter 3. Yvonne Busch: Shaping New Orleans Music; Chapter 4. The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts: From Jazz Mentors to a Jazz Institution; Chapter 5. The Community Comes into the School: Celebrating the Music Traditions of New Orleans within a Classroom; Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Current Renaissance is No Accident; Appendix 1. Clyde Kerr Sr.: A Link in the Public School Musical Network; Appendix 2. Musical Influences: Yvonne Busch; Appendix 3. Musical Influences: Dr. Bert Braud; Appendix 4. Musical Influences: Ellis Marsalis Jr.; Appendix 5: Musical Influences: Clyde Kerr Jr.; Sources and Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

In Chord Changes, the reader is introduced to many...notable educators, from... Arthur P. Williams, the principal of Abijah Fisk School to (William Joseph Nickerson (who gave piano lessons to Jelly Roll Morton and Manuel Manetta), to Professor Valmore Victor (whose students included "Sing" Miller, Ellis Marsalis and Earl Turbinton) and Clyde Kerr, Sr., who 'supposedly' charged a dollar for a one-hour private music lesson.--Bunny Matthews "Dis 'N' Dat "