2025 Summer MUSIC 128R 001 LEC 001

2025 Summer Session D 6 weeks, July 7 - August 15

MUSIC 128R 001 - LEC 001

History of Jazz in America

David Milnes

Jul 07, 2025 - Aug 15, 2025
Mo, Tu, We, Th
12:00 pm - 01:59 pm
Class #:13027
Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Music

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 25
Enrolled: 5
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 15 hours of outside work hours per week.

Course Catalog Description

A survey of jazz music from the 1920's through the 1980's covering the major stylistic periods, including the New Orleans and Chicago styles of the 1920's, big band jazz, bebop, hardbop, free jazz, fusion, and neo-classicism. Major innovators to be studies in depth include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

Associated Sections

None