HISTORY OF JAZZ II 1st Qut

HISTORY OF JAZZ II MUZ2339H

Monday 9:00, Wednesday 12:00

S10

Term 2 2015Week 1:

(period one) Bill Evans and the modern keyboard school. The Evans trio concept.

(period two) (Continued) Bill Evans and the modern keyboard school.

Week 2:

(period one) McCoy Tyner and the Coltrane Quartet.

(period two) Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea early work.

Week 3:

(period one) Chick Corea continued, Keith Jarrett

(period two) Miles Davis in the late 60s. Wayne Shorter.

Week 4:

(period one) Early fusion concepts: The Crusaders.

(period two) The fusion drummers: Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd.

Week 5:

(period one) The CTI artists: Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws.

(period two) Joseph Zawinul and Weather Report.

Week 6:

(period one) Jaco Pastorius and the evolution of Electric Bass.

(period two) Bassists in the modern era: Stanley Clarke, John Patittucci.

Week 7: -Listening test on term 2 examples. Essay assignment due as noted on VULA

Reading: Gridley Jazz Styles; Chapters 15 (Evans, Hancock, Corea, Jarrett), 17 (Coltrane) 18 (Shorter, Carter, Williams), Chapter 19 Twenty Years of Jazz Rock, and American Popular Music: The Mid-1960s to the Mid-1980s. Chapter 8: Late-Century Tradition and Innovation pages 195-219 from Jazz the First Century edited by John Edward Hasse. Coltrane on Coltrane, DeVito C.

Listening material can be found ON VULA