Jazz

3-0-9 units. HASS-A · Undergraduate

Historical survey from roots in African and American contexts, including spirituals, blues, and ragtime, through early jazz, Swing, bebop, and post-bop movements, with attention to recent developments. Key jazz styles; the relation of music and society; and major figures such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and others considered. Some investigation of cross-influences with popular, classical, folk, and rock musics. Enrollment may be limited.