MUSC075 - JAZZ:STYLE & HISTORY

Music 075 401 (Dr. Ramsey): Exploration of the family of musical idioms called jazz. Attention will be given to issues of style, to selected musicians, and to the social, cultural, and scholarly issues raised by its study. Music 075 601 (Professor Parberry): Development of jazz from the beginning of the 20th Century to present. Analysis of the stylistic flux of jazz, such as the progression from dance music to bebop and the emergence of the avant-garde and jazz rock. Attention will be given to both the artists who generated the changes and the cultural conditions that often provided the impetus.