2025 Summer Session D
6 weeks, July 7 - August 15
MUSIC 128R 001 - LEC 001
History of Jazz in America
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