Jazz History Fall Semester 2005

Professor: Brad Goode

Office: c129

Office Phone: 303-735-2970

TEXTS: Jazz: The First 100 Years w/ CD

Henry Martin and Keith Waters

Materials for this course will include recordings selected by the instructor, and other related sources. You will be expected to demonstrate familiarity with the recordings played in class. A CD copy will be available upon request, including examples played in class.

The lectures will be a crucial part of the material covered on quizzes and the final exam. Quizzes will cover material taken equally from assigned text readings and lectures.

Grades will be based on the following criteria:

Three quizzes worth 100 points each

A final exam worth 200 POINTS

Up to 100 POINTS for an in depth profile of a major jazz artist or group from the periods and styles covered this semester. Discuss major biographical data, musical associates, repertoire, style, etc. Suggested length of 5 pages, typed and double spaced, plus bibliography and selected discography.

Your final grade will be a straight average of three quizzes worth 100 points each, your profile worth 100 points, and your final exam, which counts twice as heavily as any other component.

Attendance for this course is required to attain a passing grade. Each three unexcused absences will result in your final grade being lowered by one full letter. Excused absences

will only include: official university sanctioned conflicts, serious medical condition, documented with a doctor's note, or special circumstance excused in advance by the professor.

GRADING SCALE:

87 % = A

77 % = B

70 % = C

60 % = D

Below 60 % is a failing grade.

There are a variety of sources available for your profile. Aside from the University’s resources, I will make my own available on a sign-out sheet basis. Please be respectful of their condition. ALL PROFILES ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 6th.

Calendar Of The Course

8/23 Presentation of the Syllabus. Overview. Text: Chapter 1

8/25 Origins of Jazz. Text: Chapters 2&3

8/30 Early Jazz. Jazz Influence on popular music.

9/1 King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, ODJB.

9/6 Louis Armstrong

9/8 Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer. Sidney Bechet

9/13 Early blues. Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson.

9/15 James P. Johnson and the Harlem Pianists. Text: Chapter 4

9/20 Quiz #1

9/22 Early Big Bands. Text: Chapter 5

9/27 Duke Ellington

9/29 Territory Bands, Count Basie

10/4 Swing Era Bands Text: Chapter 6

10/6 Art Tatum , Coleman Hawkins

10/11 Roy Eldridge, Lester Young

10/18 Origins of BeBop, Dizzy Gillespie. Text: chapter 7

10/20 Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk

10/25 Bebop Stylists

10/27 Quiz #2

11/1 Film : "Manhattan Studio" Lennie Tristano . Text: Chapter 8

11/3 Cool Jazz, West coast Jazz, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans

11/8 Stan Kenton and Woody Herman Bands

11/10 Hard Bop Text: Chapters 9&10

11/15 Miles Davis

11/17 The Avant Garde .

11/21 The Avant Garde

11/22 John Coltrane

11/29 Jazz Fusion. Text: Chapter 11

12/1 The 1970's

12/6 The 1980's thru the present day Text: chapter 12

12/8 Quiz #3

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