Carolyn Graham
Carolyn Graham is the creator of Jazz Chants.
She developed the technique of jazz chanting during her twenty-five years of teaching ESL in the American Language Institute of New York University.
She has also taught at Harvard University and has conducted workshops in the NYU School of Education, Columbia Teachers College in New York and Tokyo, and elsewhere throughout the world. Ms. Graham is the author of numerous Jazz Chants® books, all published by Oxford University Press.
Carolyn Graham said “A jazz chant is really just spoken American English with an awareness of the natural rhythms.”
• Chants use natural spoken English
• Chants can be used in classes of any size
• Chants don’t require any special materials
• Chants can be used with all age groups
• Chants do not require musical ability