MHMUS 111J — Jazz History I

3 credits
Spring
Faculty

A four-course sequence covering the origins and development of jazz music and an introduction to its major contributors as well as the exploration of musical and social issues associated with the genre. This first course aligns the early history of the United States, with particular focus on the 1820s through the 1920s, with the early developments of jazz, noting composer/performers such as Louis Gottschalk, Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, W.C. Handy, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. The impact of technology, the developing economy, and the movement of people around the United States on jazz music will be explored.