I can frequently be found in my office during the day. By examining, discussing, listening and learning about this artform other areas of musicianship will be enhanced. Students willacquire the skills necessary to enjoy all musics at a deeper leveland discriminate between different qualities of music and performances. Make connections between different jazz styles and describe howcertain players and styles influenced others.
Students are responsible for all material covered in the readings and in class.
One recording review can be from the Jazz Classics Compact Disc provided with the text, but the other must be from an outside source or recording. A professional video performance is acceptable. For the performance review the student will attend a live jazz performance, providing a program or ticket stub as proof of attendance. The parameters of the reviews will be discussed in class. All reading assignments are from the required text and all listening assignments are from the provided CD unless otherwise noted.