INSTRUCTOR  JEROME JENNINGS

After four years away, our Jazz 301 course is back! In this course we will explore an intense study of jazz history through a cultural, historical, and political lenses. Students will consider questions tied to power and ownership in jazz over time. Students will explore and analyze primary sources such as films, periodicals, biographies, and oral histories.  The format of the course will be a combination of in class listening, discussion, lectures, and in class videos. We will explore the literature associated with jazz music through a multitude of texts including but not limited to music, readings, and film.

Students are invited (but not required) to take an optional exam at the end of the course to test their Jazz knowledge. Students who pass receive a certificate signed by our Artistic Director, Wynton Marsalis!

*This is the only time this year that Jazz 301 will be offered.

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