Daily Schedule and
Assignments for
JAZZ
Roots and Early
Jazz
- Reading:
- Listening:
- Listening Guides CD 1 - #1 through 9
- Topics:
- The Roots of
Jazz
- Early Jazz
- Web sites to check:
- Class presentations for this section:
- Films for extra credit:
- Ken Burns JAZZ
- Episode one
"Gumbo"
- Episode two "The
Gift"
Morton, Armstrong,
and Biederbecke,
1920s Jazz in New
York and Europe
- Reading:
- Jazz The First 100 Years
- pages 66 through page 117
- Listening:
- Listening Guides CD 1 - #10 through
15
- Topics:
- Jelly Roll
Morton
- Louis
Armstrong
- Chicago
- Tin Pam Alley
- Harlem
- Paul Whiteman
- Big Bands
- Europe
- Web sites to check:
- Class presentations for
this section:
- Films for extra credit:
- Ken Burns
JAZZ
- Episode three "Our
Language"
- Episode four "The
True Welcome
Swing-Era and
Stylists
- Reading:
- Listening:
- Listening Guides CD 1 #16 through
23
- Topics:
- Big Bands and Territory
Bands
- Basie
- Goodman
- Ellington
- Swing-era
Bands
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- Web sites to
check: :
- Class Presentations for
this section:
- Films for extra credit:
- Ken Burns
JAZZ
- Episode five "Swing:
Pure Pleasure"
- Episode six "Swing:
The Velocity of Celebration"
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- Mid-Term Practice
Test
Bebop, the 1950s,
and New Jazz Substyles
- Reading:
- Listening:
- Listening Guides CD 1 #24 through CD2
#4
- Topics:
- The Bebop Era
- Cool
- Piano
- Miles Davis
- Class Presentations for
this section:
- Web sites to check:
- Films for extra credit:
- Ken Burns
JAZZ
- Episode seven
"Dedicated to Chaos"
- Episode 8
"Risk"
Sixties Avant-Garde
and Mainstream Jazz
- Reading:
- Listening:
- Listening Guides CD2 #5 through CD2
#8
- Topics:
- The Sixties
Avant-Garde
- Mainstream Jazz in the
1960s
- Class Presentations for
this section:
- Web Sites to
check:
- Films for extra
credit
- Ken Burns
JAZZ
- Episode nine "The
Adventure"
- Episode ten "A
Masterpiece by Midnight"
Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk
Fusion, Jazz Since the 1980s
- Reading:
- Listening:
- Listening Guides CD 2 #9 through 16
- Topics:
- Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk
Fusion
- Jazz Since the 1980s
- Class Presentations for
this section
- Web Sites to
check:
Study
Questions for final