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Lecture 6
Origins of Jazz/Early Jazz

I. Introduction

A. Announcements

B. Content of Today’s Class

1. Origins of Jazz (1800s-1920)

2. Early Jazz (1920s)

II. Origins of Jazz

A. Introduction

B. Context

1. Jazz as Dance Music; Entertainment

2. Social Context

C. The Music

1. Web of Musical Influences

a) Blues

b) Bands

c) Ragtime

d) Other Influence

e) Toward the Birth of Jazz

2. Improvisation

3. Aesthetics and Instruments

D. Conclusion

III. Early Jazz

A. Introduction: From New Orleans to Chicago

B. The Music

1. New Orleans Style/Dixieland

2. Piano

3. Wind Instruments

a) Cornet and Trumpet

b) Clarinet

c) Trombone

4. Rhythm Section

a) Introduction

b) String Instruments

c) Piano

d) Drums

C. Conclusion

IV. Reading and Listening

A. Reading

1. Origins of Jazz: p. 32-52

2. Early Jazz: p. 53; 55, 59-65; 68, 71, 73-89

B. Listening

1. Listening Guides

a) "Street Cries", p. 48 (Jazz Classics CD, tracks 1-2)

b) "African American Sequence, p. 49-51 (Jazz Classics CD, tracks 3-6)

c) "Dixie Jazz Band One-Step", p. 56-59 (Jazz Classics CD, track 7)

d) "West End Blues", p. 69-70 (Jazz Classics CD, tracks 8-12)

2. Demonstration CD

a) Vibrato (Tracks 46-49)

b) Pitch Bends (Tracks 50-53

c) Blue Notes (Tracks 54-58)

3. Real Audio files (or SCCJ on reserve)

a) Two versions of "Maple Leaf Rag" (SCCJ, vol. 1, tracks 1 and 2)

b) "Dippermouth Blues" (SCCJ, vol. 1, track 5)

c) "Black Bottom Stomp" (SCCJ, vol. 1, track 6)

d) "Blue Horizon" (SCCJ, vol. 1, track 11)

e) "Singing the Blues" (SCCJ, vol. 1, track 21)

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