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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this module, you should be able to: • Outline, broadly, the major developments in jazz history as it occurred in the USA over the past century, but especially in the middle decades of the twentieth century. • Identify the main North American jazz styles in that period, based on compositional, performance and improvisational practices. • Apply aural and analytical skills to a variety of jazz recordings. • Discuss how the status and development of jazz is related to social and cultural history in the USA over the twentieth century.
Content • Historical survey of twentieth-century USA jazz styles, with a major concentration on the middle decades of the century. • Introduction to performing and improvisational practices. • Case studies of key figures in jazz performance and composition. • Critical evaluation of significant recordings. • Social and political issues that shaped mid-C20th US jazz history.
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