Flamenco and Jazz: An Appraisal of the Creative Encounters between two Improvised Genres

3 credits · Undergraduate

Jazz and Flamenco are music genres that originated and evolved in subaltern groups. They are both artistic practices that sufficiently resemble one another, thus inviting a comparative study. This course is multi-disciplinary in scope, and consciously emphasizes the links between history, politics, and expressive culture employing readings and theoretical frameworks from the areas of ethnomusicology, jazz studies. Jazz criticism, anthropology, flamencology, and folklore. Note: This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit.