50 Years of Jazz Education at North Texas

Provides a retrospective on the 50-year history of the jazz education program at the University of North Texas (previously North Texas State Teachers College), noting that North Texas "offered the first-ever Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in 'dance band'." Includes sidebars providing information from North Texas's syllabi for courses in Jazz Improvisation, History of Jazz, Pedagogy of Jazz Improvisation, and other related courses.