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)