MUSE 112: History of Jazz

• discuss the origins of jazz, from its African roots, through its early stages in ragtime and blues, and its later manifestations in Big Band, swing, Be Bop, cool jazz, and free jazz
• recognize the various styles of jazz and its musical structure, and identify the instruments most often associated with its performance
• identify the major performers and composers who helped to develop jazz as its own musical form

Students become acquainted with the essence of selected representative works. Students also become acquainted with particular styles and techniques of different music periods.

1. The State of Music in the U.S. in the Late 19th Century
   1. Art music
   2. Popular music
   3. Folk music
   4. Black art music
   5. Black popular music
   6. Black folk music
2. African Music
   1. Music in Africa
   2. African music in the Americas
   3. Black American music during the colonial period
   4. Black American music from 1800 to the Civil War
3. Ragtime
   1. Piano rags
   2. Ragtime jazz
   3. The New York school
4. The Blues
   1. Country blues
   2. The classic blues
   3. Urban blues
   4. Instrumental blues
5. World War I and After - the Twenties
   1. The jazz explosion
   2. James P. Satchmo
   3. Fatha
   4. The jazz community
   5. Bix
   6. Changing times
6. The Swing Era
   1. The King of Swing - Benny Goodman
   2. Musical characteristics
   3. Art Tatum
   4. Gene Krupa
   5. Charlie Christian
   6. Coleman Hawkins
   7. The Basie Band
   8. Prez
   9. Lionel Hampton
   10. Territory bands
   11. Duke
   12. Glenn Miller
   13. World War II
   14. Post-war Swing
7. The Jazz Revolution - Be Bop
   1. Origins of a new style
   2. Musical characteristics
   3. The leaders - Bird and Diz
   4. The pianists - Tadd, Bud, and Monk
   5. Big Bands
   6. More about Bird
8. The Fifties - a Proliferation of Styles
   1. Overview
   2. Cool jazz
   3. Third stream
   4. West coast jazz
   5. Hard bop
   6. Something old and something new
   7. Sonny Rollins
   8. Something borrowed
   9. Kind of blue - Miles Davis
   10. Social cause and musical effect
9. Free Jazz and its Price
   1. Free jazz - Ornette Coleman
   2. Musical reactions
   3. A central figure - John Coltrane
   4. Miles Davis
   5. The new groups
   6. Progress report