Syllabus
UNITS Introduction American Folklore, European Influences, Minstrel Shows Black Folklore: Worksongs, Blues Ragtime Early jazz (1890-1920) Jazz in the 1920s: hot vs sweet Jazz in the 1930s: black and white swing Jazz in the 1940s: revivalism, mainstream, birth of modern jazz Jazz in the 1950s: cool and hard bop Jazz in the 1950s: great artists (ia Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, John Lewis) Jazz in the 1960s and 1970s: fusion Contemporary jazz scene
Annotation
The aim of the course is to show the developments in non-artificial American music from the late 19th century to the present.