I. Introduction
A. Announcements
B. Content of Today’s Class
II. Cool Jazz
A. Context
B. The Music
1. The Cool Jazz Style
The Birth of Cool
2. Musicians
a) Important
(1) Lennie Tristano
(2) Miles Davis
b) Other Musicians
(1) Trumpet
(2) Saxophone
Lee Konitz
Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker
(3) Drums
(4) Guitar
(5) Piano
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
(6) Trombone
3. Miles Davis
a) Introduction
b) Kind of Blue (1959)
c) 1963-1968
III. Hard Bop
A. Context
B. The Music
1. Hard Bop Style
2. Musicians
a) Piano
Horace Silver
b) Trumpet
Clifford Brown (Brownie)
c) Drums
d) Saxophone
e) Guitar
f) Bass
IV. Reading and Listening
A. Reading (Focus on names seen in class)
1. Cool Jazz
a) Gridley, p. 184, 186-190 (Don’t read ‘Big Bands’); p. 194-204
b) Miles Davis: Gridley, p. 229-233; 236-237; 241-246; 247, 254-256
2. Hard Bop
a) Gridley, p. 205-219
B. Listening (Listen and read carefully)
1. "No Figs", Jazz Classics, Track 46; Gridley, p. 185-186
2. "Flamenco Sketches", Jazz Classics, Track 55, Gridley, p. 238-240
3. "Masqualero", Jazz Classics, Track 78, Gridley, p. 248-254.
