Jazz History and Literature

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Three lecture. History and development of jazz music from its origin to the present day. Students will be able to: identify and discuss significant dates, places and names of milestones in jazz history; identify instruments such as soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones, trumpets, flugelhorns, trombones, clarinets, flutes, guitars, drums and other percussion instruments; identify, analyze and discuss specific works of music by influential musicians; analyze and discuss contributions made to the development of jazz by African-Americans and how attitudes toward them hindered many from achieving critical and financial success during their careers as well as promoting and enabling their integration into American and world culture. General Education: Arts and Humanities, Institutions in the Americas