ABSTRACT
This chapter surveys pedagogical resources that avoid stereotypical presentations of jazz history and engage with relationships among gender, race, and sexuality. These include anthologies, The Jazz Cadence of American Culture (O’Meally,1998); Uptown Conversation (O’Meally et al., 2004); Riffs and Choruses (Clark, 2001); Big Ears (Rustin and Tucker, 2008); and Jazz/Not Jazz (Ake et al., 2012). Other works examined include general histories Swing Shift (Tucker, 2000); Some Liked it Hot (McGee,2011); Jazz Cultures (Ake, 2002); and Jazz Icons, by T. Whyton, 2013). Biographies of Lil Hardin Armstrong (Dickerson, 2002), Mary Lou Williams (Dahl, 2001; Kernodle, 2004), Hazel Scott (Chilton, 2010), Billy Tipton (Middlebrook, 1998), and Valaida Snow (Allen, 2005) are discussed, along with interview compilations Freedom of Expression: Interviews with Women in Jazz (Becker, 2015) and Jazzwomen (Enstice and Stockhouse, 2004), In addition, four journals are included whose editorial selections emphasize articles related to gender and jazz from a variety of viewpoints. Finally, the chapter discusses four feminist documentaries about women in jazz that unearth these women’s histories and the obstacles they wrestled with. Used together, these resources help teachers build a more inclusive jazz history classroom because many textbooks about jazz tend to perpetuate stereotypes which misinform students of the diversity in the jazz world.
