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Jazz ChantsWhat are Jazz Chants? Jazz Chants are Carolyn Graham’s snappy, upbeat chants and poems that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English. The first book, Jazz Chants, was published in 1978, followed by Jazz Chants for Children one year later. For twenty five years, classes all over the world have enjoyed jazz chanting as a unique way for students to improve their speaking and listening comprehension skills while reinforcing the language structures of everyday situations.About the AuthorCarolyn Graham is the author of Jazz Chants titles. She taught for twenty-five years at The American Language Institute of New York University and spent nine summers as a teaching fellow at Harvard University. Frequently a featured guest at conferences worldwide, she has conducted workshops in such diverse places as the village of Arctic Bay in the Northwest Territories and refugee camps in Southeast Asia.Live & Learn