Outline of lecture

This course offers an introduction to the history and sounds of jazz. The emphasis will be on listening to a wide range of jazz music and discussing, in English, the characteristics of each work. We will also devote attention to social issues such as race and class, and will consider the impact of various media on the music.

Purpose of lecture

This course offers an introduction to the history and sounds of jazz. The emphasis will be on listening to a wide range of jazz music and discussing, in English, the characteristics of each work. We will also devote attention to social issues such as race and class, and will consider the impact of various media on the music.

Plan of lecture

10/7 Introduction: What is jazz? A brief overview of the history and sounds of jazz, from Ragtime and New Orleans jazz through the 1960s experiments in free jazz and fusion of the 1970s.

10/14 New Orleans jazz: King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet.

10/21 Piano players (solo piano): Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Earl (Fatha) Hines, Meade Lux Lewis.

10/28 Big bands: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller.

11/11 Be-bop: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell.

11/18 Cool jazz: Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper.

11/25 1950s Mainstream and Hard Bop: Miles Davis Quintet, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver.

12/ 2 Iconoclasts/Early Free Jazz: Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman.

12/9 1960s mainstream and free jazz: Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane Quartet, Wayne Shorter, Albert Ayler.

12/16 Latin jazz: Chano Pozo, Ray Baretto, Arturo Sandoval, Airto Moreira,

1/6 Fusion: Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Weather Report, Pat Metheny.

1/13 European and Japanese jazz: Peter Brotzman, Han Bennink, Derek Bailey, Yamashita Yosuke, Togashi Masahiko, Otomo Yoshihide, Uehara Hiromi.

1/20 Student Presentations

1/27 Student Presentations

(Note: the above listening assignments are subject to change.)

Textbook and reference

Listening assignments will be posted as MP3 files on a class website.

Related and/or prerequisite courses

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Evaluation

Students will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
(1) class participation (regular attendance is expected, as is active participation in class discussions).
(2) occasional short 窶徨eaction papers窶� to the assigned listening.
(3) final presentation in which each student introduces and discusses a piece of music by a jazz musician not covered in class.

Supplement

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