Topics

Below is a list of the major topics for the course.  Each major topic contains a series of subtopics to explore.

1. What is Jazz?
2. Elements of Music
3. Listening to Jazz
4. New Orleans & Jazz Origins
5. Early Jazz
6. Louis Armstrong
7. Swing
8. Swing Bandleaders, Soloists, & Vocalists
9. Bebop
10. Cool Jazz
11. Hard Bop
12. Miles Davis / John Coltrane
13. Jazz in Protest / Free Jazz
14. Jazz in Exile / Jazz Since the 1950s

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