HISTORY OF JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC STYLES

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Tracing the origins of jazz and popular music from their roots in the music of enslaved Africans and the blues through the present day, this course covers the roots of jazz and popular music in the United States. The influence and evolution of various genres of jazz and popular music will be explored, including key figures as well as social and political movements. Students will expand their listening repertoire and make connections between the contemporary forms of these genres and their historically significant roots.