Contemporary jazz is as eclectic, worldly, and dynamic as the people who perform it. People who continually press on into new musical frontiers, drawing their inspiration from a world filled with musical sounds and rhythm. But beneath the constant innovation, there is maintained a common heritage: the shared standards of playing and repertoire that make jazz America's classical music.

• How are jazz standards made today?

• Who is composing the new jazz standards?

• How do jazz performers learn the standards?

• Are the jazz standards published as sheet music?

• How is bebop influencing the artists of today's jazz, such as Wynton Marselis?

• What is the role of jazz education in professional jazz artist's backgrounds today?

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