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THE HISTORY OF JAZZ MUS 225-35 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Name: Dr. Louise Billaud, Professor of Music Email: [email protected] Website: www.nr.edu/billaud Office: Martin Hall, Room 216 (Dublin campus); 125 B and/or C123 (Mall site) Office Phone: (540) 673-3600 x4351 (please email me as I could be on either campus) Office Hours: MWF Dublin 9:30-10:00 am, 11:15-1:00 pm; TR Mall 12:00-1:20 pm, 2:50-3:30 pm IMPORTANT: The recommended browser to use with the current version of Canvas is Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Other browsers are inconsistent in their performance with Canvas. When taking tests or quizzes, use a wired connection. Check your VCCS email and Inbox regularly to respond/keep in touch with your professor. COURSE DESCRIPTION Description: Studies the underlying elements of jazz, concentrating on its cultural and historical development from earliest stages to the present. No previous knowledge of music is required. Credits: 3 Quizzes 14 Exams: 2 Discussion Forums 6 Online Activities: Required COURSE MATERIALS Bookstore Acquisition: • OnMusic Jazz (Access), 2nd Edition Headphones for exams Note: NRCC assumes no liability for virus, loss of data, or damage to software or computer when a student downloads software for classes. The Student’s Guide to Online Learning is available at https://www.nr.edu/online/pdf/studentguide.pdf. MUS 225-35 COURSE INFORMATION Prepared By: Dr. Louise Billaud Approved By: Mrs. Sarah Tolbert-Hurysz I. INTRODUCTION This is an online course designed specifically for students whose learning styles are best served by providing instructional opportunities beyond the traditional classroom setting. All coursework is done ONLINE through Canvas. IMPORTANT: Midterm and Final Exams will be taken online in the testing center in Martin Hall, at the NRV Mall Site or through an Approved Proctor. If you are going to need a proctor, that information MUST be submitted by 5 pm, Friday, September 6. Submit proctor request form online at: https://www.nr.edu/online/proctoring.php There is no pre-requisite for this class and the credits are transferable. Registering access code: • Acquire the OnMusic Jazz Access Code from the NRCC Bookstore. Used copies will not work. • Follow the page 2 instructions for registering your access code • Once registered, you will access the course under Modules. Just click: View Course Here. Advice • Acquaint yourself with the Course Information section under Modules. • All course material with deadline dates is located in the left-hand column when you click View Course Here. • Check regularly your Canvas Announcements and Inbox to access my communications to you. • Students are encouraged to e-mail any questions or concerns to the professor. Attend class regularly. Statistics indicate that students who “attend” regularly have a higher chance of succeeding. You should be going into the course no less than two times a week, preferably three times a week to be sure that you are completing everything by the posted deadline dates. New River Community College (Fall 19) Page 2 MUS 225-35 II. COURSE OUTCOMES Upon the successful completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following: • Identify and recognize the elements and basic forms of jazz • Demonstrate knowledge of the evolution of jazz • Assimilate the material in this course and communicate effectively your understanding of jazz as an art form. • Identify through assessments the various components necessary to increase listening skills. • Effectively communicate music observations through forum discussions • Contribute to the personal development through the assimilation of the course content. III. COURSE CONTENT Section 1: Fundamentals of Music and Jazz Foundations • Keyboard • Octave • Diatonic and Chromatic Scales • Staves and Clefs • Pitch, Rhythm, Meters • The Pickup Section 2: Essential Features of Jazz and The Blues • Essential Features • Improvisation • Swing Feeling • The Blues and pitch bending • Chords, Chord Progressions and Seventh Chords • 12-Bar Form and Tonality Section 3: Basic Features and Origins of Jazz • Standard Forms • The Chorus • Jazz Performance • Jazz Soloists • Summary of Jazz Instruments • Origins of Jazz • African-American Musical Traditions • New Orleans Brass Bands and Musicians • Ragtime • The Blues, Urban Blues and Call and Response Section 4: Early Jazz to the Emergence of Swing • New Orleans Jazz • The Legend of Buddy Bolden • Jelly Roll Morton • Joe “King” Oliver • Sidney Bechet New River Community College (Fall 19) Page 3 MUS 225-35 • Blue Horizon • New Orleans “Dixieland” Jazz • Chicago • Louis Armstrong • Struttin’ with some Barbecue • Scat Singing • Earl Hines • Bix Beiderbecke • Frankie “Tram” Trumbauer • From Chicago to New York • James R. Johnson • Harlem Stride Piano • Fats Waller • Toward Swing Section 5: Jazz in the 30s and the Musicians Who Shaped It • Swing • Fletcher Henderson: Pioneer of Swing • Coleman Hawkins: The first great tenor saxophonist • Django Reinhardt: The first great European jazz musician • Benny Carter and Roy Eldridge: Two masters of swing • Art Tatum: Keyboard virtuoso • Duke Ellington and the “Ellington Effect” • Bubber Miley and “Tricky Sam” Nanton • Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Ben Webster, Jimmy Blanton Section 6: Swing in Chicago, New York, and Kansas City • Benny Goodman: The “King of Swing” • Charlie Christian: First great jazz electric guitarist • Lionel Hampton: Bandleader and first jazz vibraphonist • Kansas City • Count Basie: Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, Head Arrangements • Lester Young: Superb Saxophonist • Mary Lou Williams: Progressive pianist, composer, and arranger • Billie Holiday: “Lady Day” • Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song • The Savoy Ballroom and Chick Webb Section 7: The Advent of Modern Jazz • Modern Jazz • Bebop • Charlie Parker • Bebop, Ballads, and Blues • Dizzy Gillespie, Gillespie and Parker and 52nd Street • Afro-Cuban jazz • Jazz Big Bands, Bass, Drums, Trombone • Bud Powell: Epitome of the bop piano style • Thelonious Monk: A true jazz original • Sarah Vaughan: “The Divine One” New River Community College (Fall 19) Page 4 MUS 225-35 Section 8: Cool Jazz • Miles Davis and The Birth of Cool • Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker, Lennie Tristano & Lee Konitz • 1950 Metonome Magazine “All-Stars” Bands • Stan Getz • West Coast Jazz: Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond • Jimmy Giuffre • Modern Jazz Quartet Section 9: Hard Bop • Hard Bop Style • Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Clifford Brown and Sonny Rollins • Brown-Roach Quintet • Miles Davis • Cannonball Adderley • Organ and Guitar Section 10: Jazz in the Late 50s and Early 60s • Miles Davis • Modal Jazz • Bill Evans • John Coltrane • Section 11: Avant-garde and Free Jazz Musicians • Free Jazz • Ornette Coleman • Cecil Taylor: Leading Pianist of Free Jazz • Charles Mingus: A more accessible avant-garde Jazz • Albert Ayler • Coltrane’s Ascension and Collective Improvisation • Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968 • Wayne Shorter • Toward Fusion • Herbie Hancock Section 12: Jazz Fusion • Miles Davis and the late 1960s • Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny • Acid Jazz & Hip-Hop Fusion • Miles Davis Sidemen • Keith Jarrett Section 13: Modernism, Postmodernism, and Neo-classicism in Jazz • Modernism and Post modernism • Anthony Braxton • The Art Ensemble of Chicago • World Saxophone Quartet • John Zorn • Wynton Marsalis and Neo-classicism in jazz • Politics of Jazz New River Community College (Fall 19) Page 5 MUS 225-35 Section 14: Latin Jazz, Globalization of Jazz, and other Recent Trends • Latin Jazz and Tito Puente • Afro-Cuban Jazz • Arturo Sandoval, Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis • Roy Hargrove, Brad Mehidau, Nguyen Le, Cassandra Wilson • Diana Krall, Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Kurt Rosenwinkel • Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus IV. GRADING/EVALUATION Description Percentage Quizzes (14) 28% Discussion Forums (6) 24% Midterm Exam 24% Final Exam 24% Total 100% Grading Scale: A 90-100% B 80-89% C 70-79% D 60-69% F BELOW 60% V. WITHDRAWAL POLICY Student Initiated Withdrawal Policy A student may drop or withdraw from a class without academic penalty during the first 60 percent of a session. For purposes of enrollment reporting, the following procedures apply: • If a student withdraws from a class prior to the termination of the add/drop period for the session, the student will be removed from the class roll and no grade will be awarded. • After the add/drop period, but prior to completion of 60 percent of a session, a student who withdraws from a class will be assigned a grade of “W.” A grade of “W” implies that the student was making satisfactory progress in the class at the time of withdrawal, that the withdrawal was officially made before the deadline published in the college calendar, or that the student was administratively transferred to a different program. • After that time, if a student withdraws from a class, a grade of “F” or U” will be assigned. Exceptions to this policy may be made under documented mitigating circumstances if the student was passing the course at the last date of attendance A retroactive grade of “W” may be awarded only if the student would have been eligible under the previously stated policy to receive a “W” on the last date of class attendance. The last date New River Community College (Fall 19) Page 6 MUS 225-35 of attendance for an online course will be the last date that work was submitted. Late withdrawal appeals will be reviewed and a decision made by the Coordinator of Admissions and Records. Instructor Initiated Withdrawal A student who adds a class or registers after the first day of class is counted absent from all class meetings missed. Each instructor is responsible for keeping a record of student attendance (face-to-face classes) or performance/participation (online classes) in each class throughout the semester. When a student’s absences equal twice the number of weekly meetings of a class (equivalent amount of time for summer session), the student may be dropped for unsatisfactory attendance in the class by the instructor. Since attendance is not a valid measurement for online learning courses, a student may be withdrawn due to non-performance.