MUS 0101

Jazz Styles & Appreciation

This survey course is geared to the non-musician and explores the stylistic periods of jazz as well as it most influential performers, starting with its roots in the music of West Africa through the years of Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Cool, and Progressive Jazz. Music literature, style, and performance are examined, along with the lives of significant composers/musicians and their impact on the cultural, philosophical, and aesthetic issues of their day

Units: 3.0