An extremely short history of jazz: http://learnmusictheory.net/jazz/index.asp?FileName=04-01-01-ExtremelyShortJazzHistory
Ken Burns Jazz Website - http://www.pbs.org/jazz/index.htm
Jazz in America - Lesson plans, history and a great style description as seen below:
**Thousands of free mp3s from the classics to more modern listening: http://www.jazz-on-line.com/
Recommended Listening Flyer - http://www.armyfieldband.com/pages/listening/albums/perspectives/Recommended_Listening_8.5x11.pdf
100 Essential Jazz Albums Descriptions: http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/NewYorker100essentialjazzalbums.htm
100 Essential Jazz Albums playlist: http://newyorker.tumblr.com/post/13163039976/teabyrd-100-essential-jazz-albums-the-playlist
The David W. Niven Jazz Collection of Early Jazz Legends, 1921-1991
*An essential, free packet for learning about jazz - http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/download/FQBK-handbook.pdf
*http://www.jazzadvice.com - Jazz tips
http://www.learnjazzstandards.com/ - it's all in the title
Survival Kit for Beginning Jazz Pianists - http://www.tsmp.org/keyboard/lias/lias_survival_kit_beginning_jazz.html
Website and mp3 of the day - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/index.php
Essentially Ellington. High School Jazz competition with free music for members - http://academy.jalc.org/ee/
Jazz Piano Lesson Videos - http://www.playpianotoday.com/
A couple free big band charts, easy to hard - http://www.armyfieldband.com/pages/listening/albums/perspectives/perspectives.html
http://jazzpianoconcepts.com/category/improvisation-2/ - Jazz Piano lessons and transcriptions
http://allthingsimprovisation.blogspot.com - Improvising blog
http://www.apassion4jazz.net - Jazz tips
http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/ - trumpet transcriptions
http://pubcs.free.fr/jg/jazz_trumpet_transcriptions_jacques_gilbert_english.html - trumpet transcriptions
http://www.jazztranscriptions.co.uk - transcriptions and other resources
http://freejazzinstitute.com/index.php - transcriptions, chord changes, lessons
http://www.transcription-hub.com/ - transcriptions
https://jazztranscriptions.wordpress.com/ - transcriptions
http://www.8notes.com/ - Download and play-along with improvisation and riff examples
https://www.youtube.com/user/bobilleg74/featured - transcriptions
C Jam Blues
So What
Lil' Darlin
Cute (Neil Hefti)
Sing, Sing, Sing (arr. Louis Prima for younger bands)
Mack the Knife
Minor Blues
Summertime
50's tunes
St. James Infirmary
Straight, No Chaser
Eventually:
Blue Bossa
Autumn Leaves
Practice with the rhythm section first
Tell horns to listen to the ride cymbal for tempo and feel
Swing and Bossa Nova are essential grooves. A straight-8 ballad or basic waltz is also important.
First teach major, minor, and relative modes.
For beginning improvising teach major and minor pentatonic, then add notes to make it into blues scale
Wait to teach blues until major/minor systems are in their brain and ear
"Jekyll and Hyde" notes that don't usually sound good are 4 in major and 6 in minor