21 December

Prior to the final: "Giant Steps" by the Jean-Michel Pilc Trio from Welcome Home (2002)

"Tension détente" by Le Jazz groupe de Paris et André Hodeir (1956)

"Jumpin' At the Savoy" by Cooper's Savoy Sultans (ca. 1940)

"Parisian Thoroughfare" by Le Jazz groupe de Paris et André Hodeir (1956)

Exam excerpt 1 from "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker

Exam excerpt 2 from "Free Jazz" by Ornette Coleman

Exam excerpt 3 from "Desafinado" by Getz/Gilberto

Exam excerpt 4 from "Moon Dreams" by Miles Davies

Exam excerpt 5 from "Processional" by Wynton Marsalis

Exam excerpt 6 from "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie

Exam excerpt 7 from "Rhythm-a-ning" by Thelonious Monk

9 December

Start of class: "Whatever Happened to Gus" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Combustication (1998)

Start of class: "Six and Eight" by John Scofield from Works for Me (2001)

Example of neoclassical jazz: "Autumn Leaves" by Wynton Marsalis from Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1986)

Example of neoclassical jazz: "Processional" by Wynton Marsalis from In This House, On This Morning (1994)

Example of progressive movement in jazz: "Piece Three" by Anthony Braxton from Creative Orchestra Music (1976)

Example of contemporary jazz: "You've Got To Be Modernistic" by Jason Moran from Modernistic (2002)

Example of contemporary jazz: "Tabasco" by Soulive with John Scofield from Steppin' Out (1999)

Example of contemporary jazz: "Paranoid Android" by Brad Mehldau from Largo (2002)

End of class: "Jelly Roll Blues" by Dink Johnson (ca. 1950)

7 December

Start of class: "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" by Django Reinhardt (1939)

Start of class: "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock from Future Shock (1983)

Jazz-rock fusion: "Teen Town" by Weather Report from Heavy Weather (1976)

Jazz-rock fusion: "Chank" by John Scofield from A Go Go (1998)

Jazz-hip hop fusion: "Verses From the Abstract" by A Tribe Called Quest from The Low End Theory (1991)

Acid Jazz: "Take Four" by Chris Bangs from Fuck Acid House… This Is Acid Jazz (2008)

End of class: "Elora" by Sonny Stitt from Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson (1950)

5 December

Start of class: "Swingin' At the Heaven" by Jean-Philippe Scali (unreleased)

Example of Afro-Caribbean fusion: "Watermelon Man" by Mongo Santamaria from Watermelon Man! (1963)

Example of Afro-Caribbean fusion: "Bang! Bang!" by the Joe Cuba Sextet from Bang! Bang! Push! Push! Push! (1964)

Example of Afro-Brazilian fusion (samba): "Samba Dees Days" by Stan Getz from Jazz Samba (1962)

Example of Afro-Brazilian fusion (bossa nova): "Desafinado" by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto from Getz/Gilberto (1959)

Example of world music fusion: "Lotus Feet" by Shakti from Shakti (1976)

Example of jazz eclecticism: "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" by Keith Jarrett from Belonging (1974)

End of class: "Khoo" by Illy B Eats from Antidote, Remixes Vol. 2 (2003)

2 December

Start of class: "Ornithology" by Bud Powell from The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)

Start of class: "Open Letter to Duke" by Charles Mingus from Mingus Ah Um (1959)

Avant garde: "Nonaah" by the Roscoe Mitchell and the Art Ensemble of Chicago from Nonaah (1976)

Avant garde 2: "El Matador" by David Murray from The Long Goodbye (1997)

Avant garde 3: "Ascending Numeration: Reformed" by Steve Coleman from Invisible Paths: First Scattering (2007)

Avant garde 4: "The Possessed" by John Zorn from Taboo and Exile (1999)

Soul jazz 1: "Organ Grinder's Swing" by Jimmy Smith from Organ Grinder Swing (1965)

Soul jazz 2: "This Little Girl of Mine" by Grant Green from Blues for Lou (1963)

Smooth jazz: "Breezin'" by George Benson from Breezin' (1976)

End of class: "Money Jungle" by Duke Ellington from Money Jungle (1963)

30 November

Start of class: "He Ain't Got Rhythm" by Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson (1937)

Start of class: "Limehouse Blues" by Django Reinhardt (1935)

Start/end of class: "Countdown" by Jonathan Kreisberg from Trioing (2002)

Avant garde/Free Jazz 1: "Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman from The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

Avant garde/Free Jazz 2: "Free Jazz" by Ornette Coleman from Free Jazz (1960)

Avant garde 1: "Bulbs" by Cecil Taylor from Mixed (1961)

Avant garde 2: "Ghosts" by Albert Ayler from Lörrach, Paris, 1966 (1966)

Avant garde 3: "Nonaah" by the Roscoe Mitchell and the Art Ensemble of Chicago from Nonaah (1976)

28 November

Start of class: "Caravan" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Notes From the Underground (1992)

John Coltrane 1: "Giant Steps" from Giant Steps (1960)

John Coltrane 2: "My Favorite Things" from My Favorite Things (1961)

John Coltrane 3: "Acknowledgement" from A Love Supreme (1965)

End of class: "Gingerbread Boy" by Miles Davis from Miles Smiles (1967)

21 November

Start of class: "Dee Blues" by the Chocolate Dandies (1930)

Start of class: "Singin' the Blues" by Frankie Trumbauer with Bix Beiderbecke (1927)

Miles Davis: "So What" from Kind of Blue (1959)

Miles Davis: "E.S.P." from E.S.P. (1965)

Miles Davis: "Footprints" from Miles Smiles (1967)

Miles Davis: "Bitches Brew" from Bitches Brew (1970)

Miles Davis: "Tutu" from Tutu (1986)

End of class: "Serenade for a Wealth Widow" by Fats Waller (1935)

18 November

Start of class: "Swing Parade" by Sidney Bechet (1941)

Start of class: "Stanton Hits the Bottle" by Stanton Moore from All Kooked Out (1998)

Start of class: "That's How I Feel Today" by Fats Waller (1927)

Jazz Composers - Gil Evans: "King Porter Stomp" from New Bottle, Old Wine (1958)

Jazz Composers - George Russell: "Concerto for Billy the Kid" (1956)

Miles Davis: "Walkin'" from Walkin' (1954)

Miles Davis: "So What" from Kind of Blue (1959)

End of class: "Copenhagen" by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with Louis Armstrong (1925)

16 November

Start of class: "Angel Nemali" by Stanton Moore from All Kooked Out (1998)

Hard Bop soloists 3: "Twisted Blues" by Wes Montgomery from Goin' Out of My Head (1965)

Jazz Composers - Thelonious Monk: "Blue Monk" by the Thelonious Monk Quartet from Monk in Oslo (1966)

Jazz Composers - Thelonious Monk: "Rhythm-a-ning" by Thelonious Monk from Criss-Cross (1962)

Jazz Composers - Charles Mingus: "Boogie Stop Shuffle" by Charles Mingus from Mingus Ah Um (1959)

End of class: "God Fire" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Radiolarians 1 (2008)

14 November

Start of class: "Chank" by John Scofield from A Go Go (1998)

Hard Bop example: "Moanin'" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers from Moanin' (1958)

Hard Bop example: "The Preacher" by Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers from Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1955)

Hard Bop soloists 1: "A Night in Tunisia" by Clifford Brown from The Beginning and the End (1973 release, from 1955 session)

Hard Bop soloists 2: "Autumn Nocturne" by Sonny Rollins from Silver City (1978)

End of class: "Appel Direct" by Django Reinhardt (1939)

11 November

Start of class: "We'd Rather Jump Than Swing" by Cooper's Savoy Sultans (ca. 1940)

Start of class: "Percussion Shuffle" by Charlie Hunter from Songs from the Analog Playground (2001)

Example of Modern Jazz Quartet: "All the Things You Are" (1952)

Theme for Third Stream example: "Criss Cross" by Thelonious Monk from Criss Cross (1962)

Example of Third Stream: "Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk" from Jazz Abstractions (1960)

Example of Hard Bop: "Moanin'" by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958)

End of class: "Nebulizer" by Nils Petter Molvaer from NP3 (2002)

9 November

Start of class: "Holiday for a Despot" by Jeff Parker from Like-Coping (2003)

Start of class: "Sefrial" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Zaebos: The Book of Angels, Vol. 2 (2008)

Example of Central Avenue Scene: "Long Tall Dexter" by Dexter Gordon (1946)

Example of the Birth of the Cool: "Moon Dreams" by Miles Davis Nonet (1950)

Example of modernist big band sound: "Artistry in Rhythm" by the Stan Kenton Band (1953)

Example of West Coast jazz: "Jeru" by the Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Quartet (1952)

End of class: "Carolina Stomp" by the Fletcher Henderson Band with Louis Armstrong (1924)

8 November

Start of class: "Wild Man Blues" by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers (1940)

Start of class: "Criss Cross" by Thelonious Monk from Criss-Cross (1962)

Example of bebop improvisation in ballad context: "Embraceable You" by Charlie Parker and his Re-Boppers (1948)

Example of bebop: "Groovin' High" by Dizzy Gillespie and his Sextet (1945)

Example of bebop: "Tempus Fugue-It" by Bud Powell (1949)

End of class: "Boogaloo Boogie" by Stanton Moore from All Kooked Out (1998)

4 November

Start of class: "Rhythm-A-Ning" by Thelonious Monk (1962)

Start of class: "Koryojang" by John Zorn from Taboo & Exile (Music and Romance, Vol. 2) (1999)

Bebop example: "Ko-ko" by Charlie Parker (1945)

Bebop blues example: "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1953)

End of class: "Japanese Sandman" by Django Reinhardt (1937)

End of class: "Wild Man Blues" by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers (1940)

2 November

Start of class: "Paradoxe 1" by Le Jazz groupe de Paris & André Hodeir from Le Jazz Groupe de Paris joke André Hodeir (1956)

Start of class: "Milano" by Le Jazz groupe de Paris & André Hodeir from Le Jazz Groupe de Paris joke André Hodeir (1956)

French jazz composer, critic, and analyst André Hodeir passed away yesterday at the age of 90. He was indispensable to the traditions of jazz criticism and analysis both in the US and abroad. His music is little known in the US, but contributes to our understanding of the art of jazz composition and arranging.

Example of jazz abroad: "Á l'ouest!" by Le Sacre du tympan from Le Sacre du tympan (2002)

Transition in the jazz rhythm section: "Christopher Columbus" by Fats Waller (1936)

Transition in the jazz rhythm section: "Over the Rainbow" by Art Tatum (1939)

Transition in the jazz rhythm section: "Topsy (Swing to Bop)" by Charlie Christian (1941)

End of class: "Saving All My Love For You" by La Campagnie des musiques à ouïr from La Campagnie des musiques à ouïr (1999)

31 October

Start of class: "High Society/Blues for Jimmy/Marmalade/Savoy Blues" by Kid Ory (ca. 1950)

Example of Quintette of the Hot Club of France: "Minor Swing" (1949)

Example of Quintette of the Hot Club of France: "Echoes of France (La Marseillaise)" (1946)

Example of American jazz abroad: ""I'm Coming, Virginia" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1938)

Example of European Improvised Music: "Number 7" by Fred Van Hove, Peter Brötzmann, and Hans Bennink from FMP130 (1973)

Example of Japanese-American jazz fusion: "River" by Tatsu Aoki from The Miyumi Project (2000)

28 October

Start of class: "Relaxing with Lee" by Charlie Parker (1950)

Start of class: "Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me?" by Louis Armstrong with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1925)

Start of class: "Jolly Wog" by Duke Ellington's Jungle Band (1929)

Example of Billie Holiday: "Strange Fruit" (1939)

Example of Ella Fitzgerald: "Blue Skies" (1958)

Example of vocalese: "One O'Clock Jump" by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross from Sing a Song of Basie (1955)

Example of Bobby McFerrin: "Blackbird" from The Voice (1984)

Example of contemporary jazz singing: "The New Body and Soul" by Kurt Elling from Nightmoves (2007)

End of class: "Coal Black Shine" by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers (1941)

26 October

Start of class: "Three Views of a Secret" by Jaco Pastorius from The Birthday Concert (1995)

Start of class: "You're a Lucky Guy" by Billie Holiday (1939)

Big Band Era soloists: "Cotton Tail" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra - Ben Webster, Tenor Sax (1940)

Crooning: "How Deep is the Ocean" by Bing Crosby (1946)

Fronting the jazz orchestra: "Melancholy Mood" by the Harry James Orchestra - Frank Sinatra, Vocal (1939)

Frank Sinatra example: "The Way You Look Tonight" (1964)

Billie Holiday example: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1939)

End of class: "Don't Tell Me" by Sylvain Luc from Trio Sud (2002)

24 October

Start of class: "Come On, Come Over" by Jaco Pastorius from Jaco Pastorius (1976)

Count Basie example: "One O'Clock Jump" (1937)

Count Basie example: "Taxi War Dance" (1939)

Count Basie example: "A Warm Breeze" from A Warm Breeze (1981)

Big Band Era soloists: "Body and Soul" by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra (1939)

End of class: "Infant Eyes" by Wayne Shorter from Speak No Evil (1965)

21 October

Start of class: "Présentation" by La Campagnie des musiques à ouïr from La Campagnie des musiques à ouïr (1999)

Start of class: "Days of Wine and Roses" by Bireli Lagrène from Standards (1992)

19 October

Start of class: "Believe It, Beloved" by Django Reinhardt (1935)

Start of class: "The Dolphin" by Jacky Terrasson from Smile (2003)

Ellington/Strayhorn example: "Take the 'A' Train" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1938)

Ellington/Strayhorn example: "Blood Count" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra from …And His Mother Called Him Bill (1967)

Ellington as instrumentalist: "Money Jungle" by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach from Money Jungle (1962)

Example of boogie-woogie: "It's All Right, Baby" by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson (1938)

Example of the Kansas City territory band sound: "Walkin' and Swingin'" by Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy (1936)

End of class: "Il pleure dans mon coeur" by the Benjamin Moussay Trio from Swimming Pool (2006)

End of class: "Blues" by Sidney Bechet (1939)

17 October

Start of class: "Hottentot" by John Scofield from A Go Go (1998)

Duke Ellington example: "Mood Indigo" (1930)

Duke Ellington's Blanton-Webster Band example: "Conga Brava" (1940)

End of class: "Black Light" by Material from Hallucination Engine (1994)

14 October

Start of class: "Hope" by the Branford Marsalis Quartet from Braggtown (2006)

Big Band Era example: "Dinah" by the Benny Goodman Quartet (1936)

Big Band Era example: "Star Dust" by the Artie Shaw Orchestra (1940)

Big Band Era example: "T'aint What You Do" by the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra (1939)

Big Band Era example: "Shim Sham Shimmy" by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1933)

Big Band Era example: "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939)

End of class: "Samba Dees Days" by Stan Getz from Jazz Samba (1962)

12 October

Start of class: "Free Go Lilly" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Radiolarians I (2008)

Start of class: "Alankara (Beats of the Heart)" by Pharaoh Sanders from With a Heartbeat (2003)

Big Band Era example: "King Porter Stomp" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1935)

Big Band Era example: "Dinah" by the Benny Goodman Quartet (1936)

End of class: "Arrivée à la maison" by Laurent Cugny from La Tectonique des nuages (2010)

End of class: "Rhythm-a-Ning" by the Jean-Michel Pilc Trio from Welcome Home (2002)

7 October

Start of class: "I Cried For You" by Billie Holiday (1936)

Start of class: "Reunion" by Lettuce from Outta Here (2005)

Bix Beiderbecke: "Tiger Rag" recorded by the Wolverines (1924)

Bix Beiderbecke: "Singin' the Blues" by Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer (1927)

Austin High Gang: "Indiana" by Frankie Teschemacher (ca. late 1920s)

Austin High Gang: "China Boy" by McKenzie and Condon Chicagoans (1927)

End of class: "Tulle" by John Scofield from Quiet (1996)

5 October

Start of class: "Lady Sings the Blues" by Billie Holiday (1956)

Start of class: "A Foggy Day" by Bireli Lagrène from Blue Eyes (1998)

Louis Armstrong study: "Weather Bird" by Louis Armstrong with Early Hines (1928)

Louis Armstrong study: "Hello Dolly" by Louis Armstrong (1964)

End of class: "Mo Better Blues" by Jacky Terrasson from Smile (2003)

3 October

Start of class: "Your Lady" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Tonic (2000)

Louis Armstrong in Chicago: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

Louis Armstrong comparison: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong (ca. 1955)

Louis Armstrong in Chicago: "Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1927)

Louis Armstrong in duet: "Weather Bird" by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (1928)

End of class: "Creole" by Charie Hunter with Mos Def from Songs from the Analog Playground (2001)

30 September

Start of class: "Improvisation No. 2" by Django Reinhardt (1938)

Start of class: "Flight of the Batman" by Sun Ra and the Blues Project from Batman and Robin (1966)

Start of class: "Begin the Beguine" by Django Reinardt (1940)

Start of class: "Whispering" by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1920)

Fletcher Henderson example: "Copenhagen" by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1924)

Duke Ellington's jungle music: "Black and Tan Fantasy" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1927)

End of class: "Giant Steps" by the Jean-Michel Pilc Trio from Welcome Home (2002)

28 September

Start of class: "Time On My Hands" by Django Reinhardt (1939)

Start of class: "It's All Right, Baby" by Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner (1938)

Jelly Roll Morton: "Dead Man Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers (1926)

Symphonic jazz: "Changes" by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1927)

Symphonic jazz: "Rhapsody in Blue" composed by George Gershwin, originally performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1924). This recording performed by Leonard Bernstein and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1982)

Stride piano: "You've Got to Be Modernistic" by James P. Johnson (1930)

End of class: "Lonely Fire" by the Orchestre National de Jazz de France directed by Laurent Cugny from Yesternow (1994)

26 September

Start of class: "C'est moi, Anibal! Je suis revenue!" by Laurent Cugny from La Tectonique des nuages (2010)

Start of class: "Jeru" by the Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker Quartet (1953)

Example of New Orleans style: "Dixie Jass Band One-Step" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917)

Example of New Orleans style: "Snake Rag" by King Oliver (1923)

Soloists in New Orleans style: "Cake Walking Babies (From Home)" by the Red Onion Jazz Babies (1925)

Jelly Roll Morton: "Doctor Jazz" by Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers (1926)

End of class: "Hallelujah" by Le Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band (1945)

23 September

Start of class: "Les Bonimenteurs du cauchemar" by Le Sacre du tympan from "Le Retour!" (2005)

Example of minstrelsy: "The Fine Old Color'd Gentleman" from The Early Minstrel Show (1985)

Example of minstrelsy: "De Ole Jawbone" from The Early Minstrel Show (1985)

Example of ragtime: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003)

Comparing ragtime to jazz: "Maple Leaf Rag" as performed by Jelly Roll Morton (1938)

Example of concert band: "Stars and Stripes Forever" recorded by John Philip Sousa (1913)

Example of orchestrated ragtime: "Down Home Rag" by Wilbur Sweatman (1916)

Example of syncopated dance music: "Castle House Rag" by James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (1914)

End of class: "Shine It" by Medeski Martin and Wood from End of the World Party (Just In Case) (2004)

21 September

Start of class: "Groovin' High" by the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet featuring Charlie Parker (1946)

Start of class: "Lifeblood" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Shack Man (1996)

Example of African-American spiritual: "The Buzzard Lope" as sung by the Georgia Sea Island Singers (1965)

Example of country blues: "Dust My Broom" by Robert Johnson (1936)

Example of city/classic blues and acoustic recording: "Reckless Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925)

Example of electric recording: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

End of class: "Flight 19" by Andrew Hill from Point of Departure (1964)

19 September

Start of class: "Start-Stop" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Combustication (1998)

Example of solo breaks and stop-time: "Doctor Jazz" by Jelly Roll Morton (1926)

Listening exercise/end of class: "Camp Out" by the John Scofield Quartet from What We Do (1993)

14 September

Start of class: "Tea For Two" by Django Reinhardt (1937)

Start/end of class: "Early Morning Waltz" by the Benjamin Moussay Trio from Swimming Pool (2006)

Example of blues form: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

Example of blues form: "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1945)

Example of AABA form: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" by (1937)

Example of AABA form: "So What" by Miles Davis from Kind of Blue (1959)

Example of riff arrangement: "Taxi War Dance" by Count Basie (1939)

12 September

Start of class: "In Case the World Changes Its Mind" by Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood from Out Louder (2006)

Start of class: "Axis of Ignorance" by Nils Petter Molvaer from NP3 (2002)

Example of blues form: "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1945)

Example of blues form: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

9 September

Start of class: "Gamaka" by Pharoah Sanders from With a Heartbeat (2003)

Start of class: "Strode Rode" by Sonny Rollins from Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Example of "I Got Rhythm": "I Got Rhythm" sung by Ethel Merman from Merman Sings Merman (1972)

Example of Rhythm Changes: "I Got Rhythm" performed by Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France from Djangology (1949)

Example of contrafact: "Anthropology" performed by the Mehldau and Rossy Trio from When I Fall in Love (2004)

7 September

Start of class: "Six and Eight" by John Scofield from Works for Me (2001)

Example one: "Blue 7" by Sonny Rollins from Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Example two: "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917)

Example three: "King Porter Stomp" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1935)

Example four: "Ghosts" by Albert Ayler from Love Cry (1967)

Example five and end of class: "Live from Bla" by Bugge Wesseltoft from New Conception of Jazz (2001)