SYLLABUS JAZZ HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT Spring 2018 Catalog #: MUSI 111 CRN #: 02024 Instructor: Joey Earnest Office: C-211 ​ Office Hours: E-mail: [email protected] ​ Course meets: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:45-2:10 pm ​ Room #: C-203 Building: C-200 Music, San Diego Mesa College ​ Office hour study sessions are from 11:30-12:30 @ C-109 on specified dates: Tuesdays [9/11, 9/25, 11/13, 12/11] Thursdays [9/20, 11/8, 12/13] Fridays [9/21, 11/9, 12/7,] COURSE MATERIALS Required text: None. Required class materials: You will need a notebook, a Dropbox account, and a computer with internet to access the digital files for this course. CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is intended for all students interested in the history of Jazz. This course is a survey of the history and development of Jazz in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the origins of Jazz, the variety of styles that developed throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, current trends, and outstanding performers and composers. STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: 1. Describe and explain the emergence of Jazz in the United States and list major Jazz trends and artists from the 20th and 21st centuries. 2. Assess the importance of iconic Jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman on the development of Jazz in the United States and globally. 3. Analyze, compare and contrast the history and characteristics of modern Jazz trends including Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Third Stream, Cool Jazz, Post-bop, Free Jazz, Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Latin Jazz, and Nu Jazz and the identify musicians influential to each trend. 4. Recognize a variety of vocal styles, instruments, instrumentalists, ensembles, rhythms, melodies, song forms, and styles through the development of listening skills. 5. Assess the cross influences between Jazz and various world music cultures, various popular music genre (Blues, Country, Rock, Funk, Rap), and Classical music composers. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Understand the history of Jazz as a musical genre from 1890s–present. 2. Evaluate the music elements that define the major styles of Jazz music. PREREQUISITES & UNITS ENGL 047A with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level W5/R5 or ENGL 048 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level R5 and ENGL 049 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level W5 Units: 3 with Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass Option TRANSFER APPLICABILITY Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU. CSU General Education IGETC UC Transfer Course List IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1. Method of Instruction & Class Preparation: Reading comprehension of the provided ​ course PPTs, note taking of and critical listening to lecture-demonstrations, multimedia presentations, and audio-visual examples are primary methods of information delivery. It is important that you listen carefully in class to lectures taking detailed notes and to the audio examples outside of class. Be sure to critically read and listen to the assignments for each class. Take practical notes and spend time studying & thinking about what was presented in class. Listening examples will be a part of each quiz and test. 2. Attendance & Behavior: Regular attendance is required to be successful in the course. ​ It is important that you come to each class because a variety of teaching methods will be used including lecture, slides, video, and audio. The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the class syllabus as deemed necessary. It is your responsibility to stay aware of any changes by coming to each class on time and not leaving early. Arriving to class late and/or departing early, conversations while the instructor is speaking, and use of digital devices in ways that do not contribute to class focus are examples of disruptive behavior. Disruptive students will be removed from class, which may also result in your being dropped from the course roster. Any student with three absences by the drop deadline will result in automatic dropping from for the course roster. Any student with three absences after the drop deadline 2018 will result in automatic failure of the course. You are expected have a Dropbox account and to check your San Diego Mesa College e-mail regularly. 3. Grading: Letter grade or P/NP. Your test & quiz grades will be reflected in numbers, ​ based on a scale of 100 (90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D, 59 and below = F). Your report will be graded on overall percentage points based on 1-10. Assignments will be graded on various point values that cumulatively add up to 15 points total. 3 Tests on class lectures and listening over specific sections (15% each) 45% 3 Listening Quizzes (10% each) 30% Jazz Concert Report (2-3 pages) 10% Assignments & Participation (combined total 15%) 15% Computing the Course Grade: Adding the three test scores, divide by three, and multiply by 45% (.45). Add the tests average to the scores for quizzes (maximum 30 points, 10 points per), review (maximum 10 points), and assignments/participation (maximum 15 points) to get the course grade. 4. Make-up policy: There is a make-up policy for tests in this course only for students with a ​ ​ college-sanctioned excuse (official participation in college event, serious illness, death of close family member). Only with sufficient proof (such as a doctor’s note) of an absence will an offer of a make-up for a test be made. Quizzes and Test 3 have a no make-up policy and must be taken as scheduled. There are no extra credit opportunities in this class. 5. Quizzes & Concert Report: Quizzes: three listening quizzes over specific sections will be ​ ​ given testing aural recognition of genres, artists, and historical dates in short answer format drawn from class audio. Quizzes will be given at the start of each class scheduled lasting no more than ten minutes. Concert Report: a concert report based on specific guidelines given out in class. Reports should be 2-3 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, stapled, and error free. Use The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, for bibliographic and footnote form. Late reports will have grades reduced by half. Due dates for all quizzes and the report are on the syllabus. Reports must be in hard copy form. No e-mailed papers will be acceptable. 6. Assignments & Participation: Students will be given various assignments and expected to ​ ​ participate throughout the semester. These will involve some creative writing, listening journals, and a report on a Jazz instrumentalist or review of an iconic Jazz album. Assignments are to be typed responses in hard copy with participation in class discussions. These will be explained and assigned in a class that precedes each due date. Assignments must be completed on time (late not accepted). 7. Tests: Three tests will be given over specific sections covered in class. For each test, a ​ ​ variety of question types will be used including short answer/fill-in, multiple choice, listening, and essay. The dates for all tests are on the syllabus. Study guides will be given out 1 week prior to each test. 8. Student Integrity & Rights: Students are expected to observe the highest levels of ​ ​ academic integrity.Please refer to the San Diego Mesa College Academic Regulations at http://www.sdmesa.edu/about-mesa/facultystaff/policies/3100-3pdf/. Student Rights policy is located athttp://www.sdmesa.edu/index.cfm/about-mesa/facultystaff/policies/3100pdf/. Any student found to be in breach of the Academic Regulations due to cheating or other misrepresentation will be dealt with accordingly. 9. Student Disabilities: Any student with a documented disability requiring special ​ ​ consideration in this course should bring San Diego Mesa College Disability Support Programs & Services documentation to the instructor at the beginning of the semester and make arrangements with the DSPS office for appropriate accommodations in a timely manner. Please see http://www.sdmesa.edu/students/services/dsps/. ​ ​ 10. Educational Equity: This class is committed to supporting the educational goals of all ​ ​ students and the right to equal access of its educational purview regardless of student race, gender, financial situation, sexual orientation,religious orientation, disability, age, or other circumstances. Contact your Instructor if you feel your situation requires further discussion. (Please refer to http://www.sdmesa.edu/student-services/student-success-equity/). CLASS SCHEDULE WK. 1: Tues. 8/21: Introduction: Basic musical elements of Jazz. ​ Function of instruments: rhythm section & horns. Terms and Definitions. Thurs. 8/23: Basic structures in jazz: Blues & AABA forms. ​ How to listen to Jazz: Appreciating improvisation. WK. 2: Tues. 8/28: Alan Lomax Recordings. Roots of Jazz: Blues roots in West Africa, Senegambian ​ cultural traits. Country Blues regional styles: Delta, Piedmont & Texas. Thurs. 8/30: Urban Blues: Classic, Electric & Barrelhouse. Blues elements in Jazz. ​ WK. 3: Tues. 9/4: Roots of Jazz: Ragtime. ​ Ragtime styles: Song, Classic & Novelty. Other piano styles: Stride piano & Art Tatum, Boogie-woogie & Meade “Lux” Lewis. ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE. ​ Thurs. 9/6: American Popular Song, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers. ​ WK. 4 Tues. 9/11: Jazz Styles: New Orleans & Dixieland. QUIZ 1. ​ ​ ​ Thurs. 9/13: Jazz in Chicago, New York & Kansas City. ​ Louis Armstrong & melodic improvisation. WK. 5 Tues. 9/18: Swing, Jazz dance, Duke Ellington & Jazz composition. Billie Holiday. ​ Thurs. 9/20: Swing (cont.). ​ WK. 6 Tues. 9/25: TEST 1: Blues – Kansas City Jazz. ​ ​ ​ Thurs. 9/27: Jazz in the 1940s: Bebop, Charlie Parker & harmonic improvisation. ​ Ella Fitzgerald, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk.