The Jazz Influence

Content of Course

1. Early Days – The Jazz Problem

2. Influences on early Jazz

3. Jazz and classical, early 20th century

4. Jazz and classical up to the present day

5. Latin Jazz

6. Jazz and world music

7. Jazz and folk music

8. Jazz Fusion

9. Jazz and freedom

10. Jazz today

Teaching method(s)

Seminar discussion, illustrated lecture and recorded and live excerpts.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Appreciate the influence of jazz on other musical genres.

• Identify key composers and performers.

• Identify, appreciate and analyse works of music.

Sources

Core Readings

Recommended:

• Jazz Anecdotes, Bill Crow, OUP 1990

Web Sources

 

 

Class Handouts

HTML pages of links sent by email.

Queries

If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.

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