Admission requirements
For this course there are no admission requirements
Description
This course gives an insight into the origins of the historical styles of jazz music.Improvisation and swing play an essential role in this. In addition to this the social, cultural and economic backgrounds against which jazz developed will be explored. The usual historical classifications fall short when describing the developments in jazz during the last three decades. In class we will approach the historiographical problems that have arisen in de classical history of jazz. Possible alternatives will be presented for the approach and classification of contemporary jazz.
Schedule
Second semester. Classes take place at the Lipsius building, room 147, Mondays from 18.45-20.15.
h3. Mode of instruction
First lecture: Monday 2 February 2015.
Last lecture: Monday 23 March 2015.
Written test: Monday 30 March 2015.
Lecture
Assesment method
Written exam with auditory questions
Literature
Ted Gioia, The history of jazz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
additionally: Scott DeVeaux & Gary Giddens, Jazz. New York: Norton, 2009
Registration
NB: this course is NOT listed in Usis. Students are obliged to register for this course through the application form that can be downloaded via this link.
Contact
Rogier Schneemann
Wouter Turkenburg, telefoon: 070 315 14 00, e-mail: w.turkenburg@admin.koncon.nl
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