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)