For elementary through high school students. Learn all about the American jazz era of the 1900s through its composers, performers, and music. 15 composers: Benny Goodman's, Bix Beiderbecke, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Waller, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, and Ornette Coleman.