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HISTORY OF MUSIC 2021S

History of

New Orleans Music 21S- MUGN-O246-W01 Spring 2021 16-Week Session

1/19/2021 - 5/7/2021

Instructor Information Name: Sanford Hinderlie Phone: (504) 865 2773 (Not to be used with Online course) Email: [email protected] (Preferred contact method. I usually reply to emails within 1-12 hours.) Office Location: World Wide Web Office Hours: By email appointment Terms of Use A student's continued enrollment in this course signifies acknowledgment of agreement with the statements, disclaimers, policies, and procedures outlined within this syllabus and elsewhere in the Canvas environment. This Syllabus is a dynamic document. Elements of the course structure (e.g., dates and topics covered, but not policies) may be changed at the discretion of the professor. Sanford Hinderlie, piano Course Information Prerequisite Courses: ENGL T122 or Equivalent Course Location: Online in Canvas (NOTE: This is an asynchronous online course. However, it is NOT self-paced. Readings as well as all learning activities must be completed according to the weekly schedule provided in this syllabus.) Credit Hours: 3 Credit hours Weeks and Dates of the Course: 16 weeks (full semester), from Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 to Friday, May 5, 2021 Class Meeting Time: Each week begins on Monday at 12:00 am and ends on Sunday at 11:59 pm in Canvas Expectations of Workload: e.g. According to the Loyola University Credit Hour Policy http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/credit-hour-policy, you are supposed to spend at least 6300 minutes (that is 105 hours including 35 hours of classwork and 70 hours of out-of-class work) for the whole semester regardless of how many weeks it is offered. That is rounded to at least 13 hours each week for an 8-week course. It includes about 4 hours of your classwork in Canvas and about 9 hours of out-of-class work preparing, reading, etc.

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Content Disclaimer: This class contains content that the instructor believes may be problematic for some students. Please inform your instructor if you require further information or if you feel unable to participate in any or all of the requirements of the class.

Required Textbooks Order here from the Loyola Bookstore Title and Edition: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans Author(s): Armstrong, Louis ISBN-10: 0-306-80276-7; or ISBN-13: 978-0-306-80276-8 Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1954.

Title and Edition: Up from the Cradle of Jazz, New Orleans Music since World War II Author(s): Berry, Jason, Foose, Jonathan, and Jones, Tad ISBN: 0-8203-0853-6; or ISBN: 0-8203-0853-4 Publisher: Lafayette, LA: University of at Lafayette Press, 2009

Course Materials Purchase and Fees Information: Textbooks are available for purchase in the bookstore or online. All other materials are provided without charge in each weekly module page in Canvas.

Brief Course Overview: This course is a comprehensive study of the history of New Orleans music, dating from the nineteenth century music in and opera to the present-day musicians of rhythm-and-, rock, jazz and rap. The sources of the music, listening, music identity, social and racial influences, and the history of the music business in New Orleans are components of this course. The History of New Orleans Music can be used as one course for Arts and Humanities Common Core for many majors. Students are presented materials in the forms of PowerPoint presentations with embedded music, listening examples, readings, review questions, important terms, Discussion Groups, films in Canvas and two exams, a midterm and final.

Course Goals/Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • acquire an appreciation of the importance of the creative arts and summarize information presented to them and use this information to think, write, and speak critically about New Orleans music through the following formats: readings; PowerPoint presentations with embedded music; films; and listening examples of the most famous popular music and its musicians. • identify the history of music as it applies to New Orleans music dating from the nineteenth century to the present by reading individual chapters in the text and submitting review questions for assessment. • analyze listening examples of influential popular music and artists and the vocabulary of this topic by following timelines of music listening. • identify and discuss cultural, social and racial issues relating to the past and present music through Discussion Boards, readings and answering chapter questions. • identify and describe popular music and its relationship to technology and business through readings and answering chapter questions. • apply their knowledge of specific genres of music and musicians through research and the writing of a paper on what musicians and bands will be in the history books 50 years from now. • Identify music of various New Orleans’ musicians and bands, both past and present. • acquire an understanding of specific genres of music and musicians from New Orleans through research and the writing of a paper.

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Course Assessments, Feedback Plan, and Grading Policy You will achieve the above outcomes by successfully completing the following activities in this course. Each item shows 100 points, but will be scaled by the percentage of the assessment categories it belongs to.

Assessment Categories Weeks (Number) Points Percentage

Discussion Week 1-16 (12) 100 each 20%

Individual Chapter Week (1-16) 100 each 30% Review Assignments

Paper: News Review Week 6 (1) 100 each 5%

Paper: 50 Years Future Week 15 (1) 100 each 5% Musician in History

Mid-Term Exam Week 8 (1) 100 each 20%

Final Exam Week 16 (1) 100 each 20%

TOTAL 26 100%

Instructor’s Feedback Plan on Assignments

All assignments will be graded in less than a week after the submission due-dates. Please feel free to email me if you haven’t seen your grades by then. All grades will be inputted into Canvas on a continuous and prompt basis for the individual student to view. A rubrics for grading is located in Canvas.

Grading Policy

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F

>=94, >=90, >=87, >=84 >=80 >=77 >=74 >=70 >=67 >=60 >=0 <=100 <94 <90 <87 <84 <80 <77 <74 <70 <67 <60

Course Policies Attendance Policy and Participation Expectations: Class attendance is regarded as an obligation as well as a privilege, and all students are expected to log in Canvas and participate in their online classes in which they are enrolled. Students should also check their my.loyno.edu email regularly for important class announcements, notifications, etc.

Canvas Discussions are assigned several times during the course, including once regarding the definition of a newspaper music review and another regarding who presently in the New Orleans music scene will be in the history books 50 years from now. Others are pertinent to the weekly readings.

Online Communication Expectation ● Be original and cite sources. Make sure not to repeat a topic by checking if anyone else has posted it and received responses. Also, your ideas should be original and not a copy from someone else. Cite when you share an idea from someone else.

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● Be on topic. Post relevant information only. ● Be respectful and open-minded. Use language that is polite, non-offensive, and non-sarcastic. ● Be professional. Keep your posts brief yet clear and concise. Check spelling and grammar before posting. ● Be aware of the university's policies on Academic Honesty and Plagiarism as well as The Student Code of Conduct. ● Greeting of you professor: Be professional in the use of your emails. You are not greeting your best friend or family member but a professor. Consider yourself already in the professional work environment and write accordingly. ● Check with your professor if you have any questions.

Late Submissions and Making-Up Policy: You are expected to have your assignments completed on the due-dates as posted online for each class. Because this course is asymmetrical in nature, you must be cognitive of due-dates. All assignments should be completed on time and according to instructions. Late assignments are accepted up to the next assignment due-date. 12% is discounted from the original grade for each day late from the due date. After this, the assignment will not be accepted. No late course assignments are accepted unless due to university approved absence. Students are responsible for notifying the instructor prior to or immediately after the absence and the reason for the absence. No make-up will be given, except under highly extenuating circumstances and with prior approval from the instructor. Two conditions must be met to warrant approval: (1) there is a cause beyond your control that was communicated with the instructor before the assignment is due via email, and (2) documentation of the situation is provided timely via email within 3 days of the missed assignments.

Minimum Technology Requirements: You MUST be familiar with Canvas. It is your responsibility to learn how to navigate Canvas and to check it daily. You should use your own secure login and password for Canvas to complete all coursework and assignments on an individual basis. You must check Canvas daily for any updates and announcements. Canvas keeps accurate records and all claims are verified with the Canvas Administrator. False claims, such as false Canvas issues, are considered cheating and will be pursued to the maximum extent possible.

For Canvas help, you can chat with Canvas Support (Student) or call Canvas Support Hotline (866-932-6945) by clicking Help on the global navigation menu in your Canvas account. Please see the screenshot below.

You can also visit Canvas Student Guide page, or Canvas video tutorials for students, or contact Loyola's Online Learning Team (OLT) by sending an email to [email protected].

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Internet Connection: A Broadband connection is required for anyone taking this online course. You must have high speed Internet capability to access the materials and music for this class. Most connections in the world are now Broadband.

You are responsible for your computer and internet connection. A faulty internet connection or computer system crash does not excuse you from completing an assignment or exam. You MUST check the connection and functionality of your computer before you begin working on assignments, exam, or other coursework.

Browser Requirements: Chrome or Firefox are the only acceptable browsers for this course.

Additional suggested software:

Microsoft Office 2003 or higher or other Office compatible software that can create pdf files. Office is also available on your Loyola Google Drive. Pages is not accepted. If you use Pages, convert your submission to a pdf file before submitting. Speaker or headphones: You must have the ability to listen on your computer

Expectations of Skills and Competencies for Successful Completion of Assignments: You must have basic computer and Canvas skills to complete the assignments, such as able to identify and click on buttons to access and navigate the course content, being able to find your course assignments, grades, and feedback in Canvas, and being able to add attachments, links, images, and submission of the assignments, etc.

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Course Outline: The History of New Orleans Music (Specific dates in Canvas) Topic 1: Introduction: Course Requirements and Expectations Theme One: Listening Theme Two: Music and Identity in New Orleans Theme Three: Music and Society in New Orleans Theme Four: The Music Business of New Orleans Streams of Tradition: The Sources of New Orleans Music

Topic 2: Reading: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans

Topic 3: Music in the 18th and 19th Centuries Social History, Influx of Haitian Creoles, Civil War Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Edmond Dede, French Opera, Cotillion Balls, Mardi Gras Balls, Street Parades, Congo Square.

Topic 4: The Pre-jazz Era Segregation: Social Composition of New Orleans Society and Segregation Laws. The Spanish Tinge, Marching Bands, Early Brass Bands, Society Dance Bands

Topic 5: Early Jazz , Jelly Morton and Ragtime, Humphrey, Lorenzo Tio, Sr., Freddie Keppard, Jack Laine, The Early New Orleans Piano Tradition.

Topic 6: Jazz of the 1920s; The First Recordings Original Jass Band, Kid Ory, , Johnny Dodge, The Original Tuxedo Orchestra, Sidney Bichet, , , Jelly Morton’ Jazz Bands, Armand Priron’s Orchestra, Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band

Topic 7: A Segregated City; A Segregated Music Culture? Reading: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans Musicians in a Racially Divided Society Clubs and Venues

Topic 8: Dixieland Revival Preservation Hall: , George Lewis, Danny Barker Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Louis Prima

Topic 9: Gospel Local Churches Mahalia Jackson, Moses Hogan, Gospel Groups Past and Present

Topic 10: Origins of New Orleans Rhythm-and-Blues Musical Families; The Founding Tradition , Antoine Domino, The Lasties

Topic 11: 1946-1955 New Orleans Rhythm-and-Blues Part I Club Life Vernon Wilson: Radio Play of R&B, Early Players: Roy Brown, Roy Price, Champion Jack Dupree, Cousin Joe, Tommy Ridgley, , Tuts Washington, Shirley and Lee, James “Sugar Boy” Crawford

Topic 12: New Orleans Rhythm-and-Blues Part II Huey “Piano” Smith and Slim

Topic 13: New Orleans 1955-59

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Lloyd Price, Little Richard, Sidemen of Rock and Roll

Topic 14: Deejays of New Orleans Rock and Roll Jim Russell, Larry Regan, Ken Elliot Teen Idols: Bobby Charles, ,

Topic 15: and the Minit Sound Ernie K-Doe, , , , Chris Kenner

Topic 16: Era of Decline and Exodus , Clarence “Frogman” Henry, , Oliver Morgan, Aaron Neville, Cosimo Mattasa

Topic 17: New Jazz and AFO , Ed Blackwell, Alvin Batiste, Earl Turbinton, Ellis Marsalis, James Black, Red Tyler, Tami Lynn, Al Belletto, Richard Payne

Topic 18: New Orleans Jazz and Blues of the 60s and 70s Earl Turbinton, , James Rivers, Luther , Charlie Brent, , Branford Marsali

Topic 19: New Orleans Piano Players Dave “Fat Man” Williams, , Tommy Ridgley, Edward Frank, James Booker

Topic 20: Dr. John

Topic 21: Allen Toussaint and

Topic 22: Willie Tee and

Topic 23: Big Chief Jolly and

Topic 24: and Cajun, New Orleans and Beyond Dennis McGee, Sady Corville, Hackberry Ramlbers, Harry Choates, D.L Menard, Doug Kershaw, Balfa Brothers, Bruce Draignepont, and Beausoliel, Zachary Richard, , Stanley Dural and , Wayne Toups, C. J. Chenier, Rockin’ Dopsie, Boozoo Chavis

Topic 25: The Music Festivals of New Orleans George Wien and Quint Davis and the Jazz and Heritage Festival, The , The Voodoo Festival, The , The Satchmo Fest

Topic 26: New Orleans Rap and No Limit Records, & , , and of

Topic 27: A Cultural Awakening: Hurricane Katrina Musicians Flee, Destruction of a Music Culture?

Topic 28: New Orleans Brass Bands of the 21st Century Olympia , , Rebirth, Soul Rebels

Topic 29: Following the Traditions in the 21st Century Tom McDermott, Evan Christopher, Tim Laughlin, , The Dukes of Dixieland, Preservation Hall, The Palmcourt

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Topic 30: The 21st Century: Where is it Going? Who is Important? Typical New Orleans tradition, R&B and Jazz Bonarama (Loyola Grads, and (Loyola Grads), Papa Gros (Loyola Grads, World Leader Pretend (Loyola Grads, Bonerama (Loyola Grads, Iguanas (Loyola Grads, Better Than Ezra, Woodenhead (Loyola Grads, , Cowboy Mouth, Funky Meters, Jon Cleary, The Neville Brothers, The Radiators, , , John Mooney, Marc Broussard, Tab Benoiot, Spensor Boren, John Rankin, Henry Butler, John Boutté, Deacon John, Frankie Ford, , , Harry Connick, Jr., , Delfeyo Marsalis, , Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, (Loyola), Harry Connick, Jr. (Loyola), , Terrence Blanchard, Adonis Rose, The Next Generation, Jeremy Davenport, Shorty, Jon Cleary, (Loyola), Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Christian Scott, Dave Mooney, Donald Harrison, Dukes of Dixieland, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kermit Ruffins, Lena Prima, Leroy Jones, Wendell Brunious, , The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Loyola Grad), , The Soul Rebells, Walter “Wolfman” Washington

Topic 31: The 21st Century: Where is it Going? Who is Important? Rap, Newer Artists. 21st Century Musicians

Rap $Suicideboy$, Aha Gazelle, , Birdman, , Curren$y, DJ Khaled, DJ Pasta, G Easy (Loyola Grad), Jay Electronica, Josh Gates, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, Master P, , Runway Richy, Turk, Yung Mal

R&B, Funk, Pop, Jazz, Soul August Alsina, , , James Martin, Kirk Windstein, Lloyd, Lucky Daye, Luke James, M.O.T.O., Mary Gauthier, Nigel Hall, Pears, Pell, PJ Morton, Simon Joyner, Special Interest, Tank and the Bangas, Teedra Moses, (Loyola Grads), Video Age