NEW ORLEANS, JAZZ, AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SPHERE July 8-14, 2012 Tulane University NOTE: TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: SUBJECT TO CHANGE Instructor: Matt Sakakeeny, Assistant Professor of Music, Tulane University Graduate Assistants: Hannah Kreiger-Benson, Tulane University Chandler Moore, Tulane University New Orleans Center for the Gulf South Joel Dinerstein, Director Rosalind Hinton, Project Manager, Music Rising Lilia Harris, Administrative Assistant Diondra Rhinehart, Work Study D'Mari Livas, Work Study The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: John McNamara, Master Teacher Guest Lecturers: Bruce Raeburn, Curator of Hogan Jazz Archive and Director of Special Collections Dan Sharp, Assistant Professor of Music Joel Dinerstein, Associate Professor of English Holly Hobbs, PhD student in Anthropology Musicians: Tom McDermott, Kidd Jordan, Truth Universal, Hot 8 Brass Band Readings: Course Reader Lecture #1: “Before There Was Jazz: Slave Songs” White, Shayne and Graham White. 2005. “Sing No Hymns of Your Own Composing,” in The Sounds of Slavery. Boston: Beacon Press, 55-71. Douglass, Frederick. 1845. Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. Boston: Anti-Slavery Office Lecture #2: “Before There Was Jazz: Congo Square” Johnson, Jerah. 1991. New Orleans's Congo Square: An Urban Setting for Early Afro- American Culture Formation. Louisiana History 32(2): 117-57. Sakakeeny, Matt. New Orleans Music as a Circulatory System [excerpt]. Black Music Research Journal 31(2): 295-304 Lecture #3: : “New Orleans: The Birth of Jazz” Brothers, Thomas. 2006. “Introduction & CH1, 2 & 3,” in Louis Armstrong's New Orleans. New York: Norton, 1-73. Lecture #4: “Savage Sounds: The Elite Response to Jazz” Levine, Lawrence. 1989. Jazz and American Culture. Journal of American Folklore 102 (403): 6-22. Lecture #5: “Jazz as American Popular Music: Swing and Bebop” Tucker, Mark and Travis Jackson. “Jazz” [excerpt] in Grove Music Online Lecture #6: “Questioning the Canon: Gender and Jazz” Tucker, Sherrie. 2001-2001. Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies. Current Musicology 71-73: 375-408. Lecture #7: “Questioning the Canon: Rhythm & Blues” Wald, Elijah. 2004. “Blues Shouters,” in Escaping the Delta, pp.193-219. Amistad. Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, Tad Jones. 1986. “Club Life,” In Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since WW II, pp.53-64. Athens: University of Georgia. Lecture #8: “Questioning the Canon: Free Jazz” Radano, Ronald. 1998. “Jazz Since 1960,” in Cambridge History of American Music, ed. David Nicholls, pp. 448-470. Cambridge University Press. Lecture #9: “Questioning the Canon: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Black Music” Rose, Tricia. 1993. “A Style Nobody Can Deal With,” in Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture, Andrew Ross and Tricia Rose, eds. New York: Routledge: pp. 71-88. Tate, Greg. 2005. Hiphop Turns 30: Whatcha celebratin’ for? Village Voice, Jan. 4, 2005. Introduction: This week-long seminar will examine jazz and related styles as sites of negotiating race and nationhood in the American public sphere. Jazz was derived from African American musical forms in the period of slavery – including spirituals, blues, and minstrelsy shows – before emerging as a new hybrid in New Orleans at the turn of the twentieth century and then developing into swing, bebop, and beyond. Both derided and applauded at various points throughout the 1900s, jazz consistently provided a forum for a racial minority to be heard and created a space for interaction among for black and white musicians and audiences. This course will survey the critical position that jazz has played in the construction of American identity, using our location in New Orleans to immerse students in a cultural study of American history. More than the birthplace of jazz, the Crescent City also helped nurture subsequent musical styles, including swing, bebop, R&B, and New Orleans’s own distinctive contribution to hip- hop—bounce. All classes will be held in Lavin Bernick Center (LBC) 201 unless otherwise noted All meals will be held in Lavin Bernick Center Food Court unless otherwise noted Sunday, July 8 2:00pm – 5:00pm Arrive and Check-In Willow Residence Hall 6:00pm Welcome Reception and Dinner (LOCATION) Monday, July 9 8:00am Breakfast 9:00-10:30am Lecture #1: Matt Sakakeeny, “Before There Was Jazz: Slave Songs” 10:30-11:00am Break 11:00am-12:30pm Lecture #2: Matt Sakakeeny, “Before There Was Jazz: Congo Square” 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-3:30pm Field Trip: Jazz Sites of New Orleans, Jack Stewart 3:30-5:30pm Introduction to Gilder Lehrman Website and Documents Projects 5:30-6:30pm Dinner 6:30-7:30pm Film Screening: “Jazz Parades,” Alan Lomax, dir. Tuesday, July 10 8:00am Breakfast 9:00-10:30am Lecture #3: Bruce Raeburn, “New Orleans: The Birth of Jazz” 10:30-11:00am break 11:00am-12:30pm Lecture #4: Matt Sakakeeny, “Savage Sounds: The Elite Response to Jazz” 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-3:00pm Guest Lecture: Dan Sharp, “The Latin Tinge” 3:00-5:30pm Documents Projects 5:30-6:30pm Dinner 7:30-9:30pm Field Trip: Kermit Ruffins at Bullet’s Bar Wednesday, July 11 8:00am Breakfast 9:00-10:30am Lecture #5: Matt Sakakeeny, “Jazz as American Popular Music: Swing and Bebop” 10:30-11:00am Break 11:00am-12:30pm Lecture #6: Matt Sakakeeny, “Questioning the Canon: Gender and Jazz” 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-3:00pm Guest Lecture: Joel Dinerstein, “Cool and Jazz” 3:00-5:30pm Documents Projects 5:30-6:00pm Dinner 6:00pm-7:00pm Lecture/Performance: Tom McDermott, “New Orleans Piano Traditions” Thursday, July 12 8:00am Breakfast 9:00-10:30am Lecture #7: Matt Sakakeeny, “Questioning the Canon: Rhythm & Blues” 10:30-11:00am Break 11:00am-12:30pm Lecture #8: Matt Sakakeeny, “Questioning the Canon: Free Jazz” 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-3:30pm Roundtable: “Intersections: Modern Jazz + R&B” 3:00-5:30pm Documents Projects 5:30-6:30pm Dinner 7:30-9:30pm Field Trip: Preservation Hall Friday, July 13 8:00am Breakfast 9:00-10:30am Lecture #9: Matt Sakakeeny, “Questioning the Canon: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Black Music” 10:30-11:00am Break 11:00am-12:30pm Roundtable: Holly Hobbs, Truth Universal, “Grassroots Hip-Hop” 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-3:00pm Roundtable/Performance: Soul Rebels Brass Band 3:00-5:30pm Documents Projects 5:30-6:30pm Dinner Saturday, July 14 8:00am Breakfast & Check-out .