13 December

Start of class: "Jelly Roll" by Charles Mingus from Mingus Ah Um (1959) "La Vie en Rose" by Jacky Terrasson from A Paris (2001) "Motorpsycho Blues" by Le Sacre du tympan from Le Retour! (2006) Exam track 1: "Lotus Feet" by Shakti Exam track 2: "Blue Skies" by Ella Fitzgerald Exam track 3: "Rhythm-a-ning" by Thelonoius Monk Exam track 4: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane Exam track 5: "So What" by Miles Davis Exam track 6: "Variants on a Theme of Thelnious Monk: Variant 1" by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller Exam track 7: "Processional" by Wynton Marsalis

10 December

Start of class: "Georgia on My Mind" by Django Reinhardt (1936) "I Ain't Got Nobody" by Benny Carter (1937) "Our Love Was Meant to Be" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937) 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: "Paranoid Android" by Brad Mehldau from Largo (2002) Example of contemporary/Electrojazz: "Live at Bla" by Bugge Wesseltoft from New Conception of Jazz Live (2003) End of class: "Messe basse" by Laurent Cugny from La Tectonique des nuages (2010)

7 December

Start of class: "Evanescence" by Le Jazz Groupe de Paris & André Hodeir (1956) Eclecticism in Jazz example: "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" by Keith Jarrett from Belonging (1974) 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: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck from Time Out (1959)

5 December

Start of class: "Confirmation (Take 3)" by Charlie Parker (1953) "On the Sunny Side of the Street" by Le Quintette du Hot Club de France (1946) Example of Afro-Caribbean fusion: "Watermelon Man" by Mongo Santamaria from Watermelon Man! (1963) 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) End of class: "Donna Lee" by Biréli Lagrène from Standards (1992)

3 December

Start of class: "Yeah Man" by Dink Johnson (1946) "Jumpin' At the Savoy" by Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans (1939) "Indian Summer" by Sidney Bechet (1940) Avant garde 1: "El Matador" by David Murray from The Long Goodbye (1997) Avant garde 2: "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: "The Peanut Vendor" by Earl Jackson and His Musical Champions (ca. 1930)

30 November

Start of class: "You're a No Account" by Billie Holiday (1939) "Let Me Dream" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937) "I Ain't Gonna' Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll" by Sidney Bechet (1941) Avant garde/Free Jazz: "Free Jazz" by Ornette Coleman from Free Jazz (1960) Avant garde 2: "Bulbs" by Cecil Taylor from Mixed (1961) Avant garde 3: "Ghosts" by Albert Ayler from Lörrach, Paris, 1966 (1966) Avant garde 4: "Nonaah" by the Roscoe Mitchell and the Art Ensemble of Chicago from Nonaah (1976) Avant garde 5: "El Matador" by David Murray from The Long Goodbye (1997) End of class: "Amazing Grace" by Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood from Live: In Case the World Changes Its Mind (2011)

28 November

Start of class: "Réveil" by Le Sacre du tympan from Le Sacre du tympan (2002) 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) 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) End of class: "How High the Moon" by Le Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band featuring Django Reinhardt (1945) "Doggin' Around" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1938)

26 November

Start of class: "Doin' the Frog" by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra (ca. 1930) 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) John Coltrane: "Giant Steps" from Giant Steps (1960) End of class: "Autumn in New York" by Biréli Lagrène from Blue Eyes (1998)

16 November

Start of class: "April in Paris" by Charlie Parker (1949) "Draggin' My Heart Around" by Cooper's Savoy Sultans (ca. 1940) Miles Davis example 1: "Walkin'" from Walkin' (1954) Miles Davis example 2: "So What" from Kind of Blue (1959) End of class: "New Amsterdam" by ScoLoHoFo from Oh! (2003)

14 November

Start of class: "St. Thomas" by Sonny Rollins from Saxophone Colossus (1956) 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) Jazz Composers - Gil Evans: "King Porter Stomp" by from New Bottle, Old Wine (1958) Jazz Composers - George Russell: "Concerto for Billy the Kid" by the George Russell Sextet from the Complete Bluebird Recordings (1956) End of class: "Three Views of a Secret" by Jaco Pastorius from The Birthday Concert (1981) "Please Be Kind" by Django Reinhardt (1938)

12 November

Start of class: "One, Two, Button Your Shoe" by Billie Holiday (1936) "Jelly Belly" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Shack Man (1996) Hard Bop soloists 2: "Autumn Nocturne" by Sonny Rollins from Silver City (1978) 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 video Monk in Oslo (1966) Jazz Composers - Thelonious Monk: "Rhythm-a-ning" by Thelonious Monk from Criss-Cross (1962)

9 November

Start of class: "Porgy" by Coleman Hawkins (1944) "Autumn Leaves" by Wynton Marsalis from Standard Time, Vol. I (1986) Theme for Third Stream example: "Criss Cross" by Thelonious Monk from Criss Cross (1962) Third Stream example: "Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk" from Jazz Abstractions (1960) Hard Bop example: "Moanin'" by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (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)

7 November

Start of class: "Tchi Tchi" by La Campagnie Des Musiques À Ouïr from La Campagnie Des Musiques À Ouïr (1999) West Coast Jazz example: "Jeru" by the Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Quartet (1952) Birth of the Cool example: "Moon Dreams" by Miles Davis Nonet (1950) Modern Jazz Quartet example: "All the Things You Are" (1952) End of class: "Requiem" by Charles Lloyd from Voice in the Night (1998)

5 November

Start of class: "C'est l'illyrie Madame!" by Le Sacre du tympan from Le Sacre du tympan (2002) "Country Crescent" by Jean-Philippe Scali (2006) "Nightmoves" by Kurt Elling from Nightmoves (2007) Bebop blues example: "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1953) Bebop example: "Groovin' High" by Dizzy Gillespie and his Sextet (1945) Bebop 2 example: "Tempus Fugue-It" by Bud Powell (1949) Central Avenue Scene example: "Long Tall Dexter" by Dexter Gordon (1946) End of class: "Teapot (Take 2)" by Sonny Stitt from Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson (1949) "Coal Black Shine" by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers (1941)

2 November

Start of class: "Un Poco Loco" by Bud Powell (1951) "Joshua" by Miles Davis from Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) Bebop example: "Ko-ko" by Charlie Parker (1945) Bebop in ballad example: "Embraceable You" by Charlie Parker (1948) End of class: "Bonne Apnée" by La Campagnie Des Musiques À Ouïr from La Campagnie Des Musiques À Ouïr (1999)

31 October

Start of class: "Farewell Blues" by Benny Carter (1938) "Sleeping" by Claudia Solal + Benjamin Moussay from Porridge Days (2005) "Les amants d'un jour" by Sylvain Luc from Trio Sud (2002) Quintette of the Hot Club of France example: "Echoes of France (La Marseillaise)" (1946) American Jazz Abroad example: ""I'm Coming, Virginia" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1938) European Improvised Music example: "Number 7" by Fred Van Hove, Peter Brötzmann, and Hans Bennink from FMP130 (1973) Big Band Jazz abroad example: "Á l'ouest!" by Le Sacre du tympan from Le Sacre du tympan (2002) Japanese-American Jazz Fusion example and end of class: "River" by Tatsu Aoki from The Miyumi Project (2000)

26 October

Start of class: "3 for 2" by Baptiste Trotignon from Solo II (2005) Exam excerpt 1 - "West End Blues" Exam excerpt 2 - "Doctor Jazz" Exam excerpt 3 - "You've Got to be Modernistic" Exam excerpt 4 - "Body and Soul" Exam excerpt 5 - "Conga Brava"

24 October

Start of class: "Fun" by Laurent Cugny from A Personal Landscape (2007) Bobby McFerrin example: "Blackbird" from The Voice (1984) 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: "Paukenhändschen Im Blaubeerenwald" by Fred Van Hove, Han Bennink, & Peter Brötzmann from FMP 0130 (1973)

22 October

Start of class: "But Beautiful" by Joe Pass from Catch Me! (1963) "Sagg Shootin' His Arrow" by Jimmy Smith from Root Down (1972) Big Band Era soloists: "Cotton Tail" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra - Ben Webster, Tenor Sax (1940) Fronting the jazz orchestra: "Melancholy Mood" by the Harry James Orchestra - Frank Sinatra, Vocal (1939) Billie Holiday example: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1939) Example of Ella Fitzgerald: "Blue Skies" (1958) Vocalese example and end of class: "One O'Clock Jump" by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross from Sing a Song of Basie (1955)

19 October

Start of class: "La Mer" by Biréli Lagrène from Gypsy Project (2001) Duke Ellington's Blanton-Webster Band example: "Conga Brava" (1940) 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) Big Band Era soloists - Lester Young: "Oh, Lady Be Good" by Jones-Smith Incorporated (1936) Big Band Era soloists - Coleman Hawkins: "Body and Soul" by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra (1939) End of class: "Our Love Was Meant To Be" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1939) "The Meanest Kind of Blues" by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with Louis Armstrong (1924) "Trav'lin Light" by Billie Holiday (1942)

17 October

Start of class: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" by La Quintette du Hot Club de France (1946) "Golden Leaf Strut" by Bunk Johnson (1945) Count Basie example: "Taxi War Dance" (1939) Count Basie example: "A Warm Breeze" from A Warm Breeze (1981) Duke Ellington example: "Mood Indigo" (1930) Duke Ellington's Blanton-Webster Band example: "Conga Brava" (1940) End of class: "I Got Rhythm" by Teddy Wilson's Sextet (1944) "East St. Louis Toodle-o" by Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra (1927) "Bemsha Swing-Lively Up Yourself" by Medeski Martin and Wood from It's a Jungle in Here (1993) "The Peanut Vendor" by Earl Jackson and his Musical Companions (1931)

15 October

Start of class: "I've Got the World on a String" by the Spirits of Rhythm (1933) "Roundabout" by Jeff Parker from Like Coping (2003) Kansas City territory band example: "Walkin' and Swingin'" by Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy (1936) Count Basie example: "One O'Clock Jump" (1937) Count Basie example: "Taxi War Dance" (1939) End of class: "You're Too Lovely to Last" by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra (1939)

12 October

Big Band Era example 1: "T'aint What You Do" by the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra (1939) Big Band Era example 2: "Shim Sham Shimmy" by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1933) Big Band Era example 3: "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939) Big Band Era example 4: "Minnie the Moocher" by the Cab Calloway Orchestra (1931) Boogie Woogie example: "It's All Right" by Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner (1938) End of class: "De l'intérieur du ventre" by Laurent Cugny from La Tectonique des nudges (2010) "Simply So" by Nils Petter Molvaer from NP3 (2002)

10 October

Start of class: "Improvisation on 'Pathétique' (Andante)" by Django Reinhardt (1949) "Jeux Interdits" by Jacky Terrasson from À Paris (2001) Big Band Era example: "King Porter Stomp" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1935) Big Band Era example: "Dinah" by the Benny Goodman Quartet (1936) Big Bad Era example: "Star Dust" by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra (1940) End of class: "Swingtime in Springtime" by La Quintette du Hot Club de France (1947)

5 October

Start of class: "All God's Chillun' Got Rhythm" by Sonny Stitt from Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson (1949) "tchfunka" by Stanton Moore from All Kooked Out! (1998) Bix Beiderbecke example: "Tiger Rag" recorded by the Wolverines (1924) Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer example: "Singin' the Blues" by Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer (1927) Austin High Gang example: "China Boy" by McKenzie and Condon Chicagoans (1927) End of class: "Ballade au musehum" by Humair/Urtreger/Michelot from Hum 1979 (1979)

3 October

Start of class: "Let Me Dream" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937)

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

Louis Armstrong study: "Hotter than That" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1927)

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

Louis Armstrong repertory: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong (ca. 1950)

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

End of class: "Professor Nohair" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Radiolarians I (2008)

1 October

Start of class: "Xarmegaria" by Sylvain Luc from Trio Sud (2002)

"Frisco Dreams" by Dink Johnson (1947)

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

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

End of class: "First Light" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Radiolarians I (2008)

28 September

Start of class: "Lazy Afternoon" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1937)

"Does Jesus Care?" by Sister Ernestine Washington with Bunk Johnson (ca. 1945)

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

Early New York big band example: "Copenhagen" by Fletcher Henderson (1924)

End of class: "Bricolle Gourde" by La Campagnie des musiques à ouïr from La Campagnie des musiques à ouïr (1999)

"Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" by Django Reinhardt (1947)

26 September

Start of class: "Jesus Maria" by Lumière de Laurent Cugny from A Personal Landscape (2007)

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

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

Symphonic/Sweet jazz example: "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)

End of class: "Black Elk Speaks" by the Branford Marsalis Quartet from Braggtown (2006)

24 September

Start of class: "Beginning" by Jean-Michel Pilc Trio from Welcome Home (2002)

"Swing de Paris" by Django Reinhardt (1941)

New Orleans Jazz example: "Snake Rag" by King Oliver (1923)

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

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

End of class: "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" by Billie Holiday (1935)

21 September

Start of class: "Flautando" by Nicolas Simion from Luca's Dream (1998)

Syncopated Dance Music example: "Castle House Rag" by James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (1914)

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

End of class: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1939)

19 September

Start of class: "Norah 6" by Medeski Martin and Wood from The Dropper (2000)

"Moon Dreams" by Miles Davis from Birth of the Cool (1957)

City/classic blues and acoustic recording example: "Reckless Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925)

Electric recording example: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

Minstrelsy example: "De Boatmen's Dance" from The Early Minstrel Show (1985)

Brass/concert band example: "Stars and Stripes Forever" recorded by John Philip Sousa (1913)

Ragtime example: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003)

Ragtime into jazz example: "Maple Leaf Rag" as performed by Jelly Roll Morton (1938)

End of class: "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" by Keith Jarrett from Belonging (1974)

17 September

Start of class: "All of Me" by Django Reinhardt (1940)

"Maple Leaf Rag" by Bunk Johnson (1945)

"Mop Mop" by the Teddy Wilson Sextet (1944)

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

Country Blues example: "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by Robert Johnson (1936)

End of class: "Three Views of a Secret" by Jaco Pastorius from The Birthday Concert (1981)

"Billie's Blues" by Billie Holiday (1936)

"Sorry" by Bix Beiderbecke (1927)

14 September

Start of class: "Bu Dee Daht" by Coleman Hawkins (1944)

"Ridin' but Walkin'" by Fats Waller (1929)

"La Garonne" by Medeski Martin & Wood from Notes From the Underground (1992)

Analysis of jazz form and improvisation: "Sonny Side" by Sonny Stitt from Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson (1949)

Analysis of jazz form and improvisation: "Shorter Form" by ScoLoHoFo from Oh! (2003)

End of class: "Don't Worry About Me" by Django Reinhardt (1939)

12 September

Start of class: "She Ain't No Saint" by the Spirits of Rhythm (1945)

"A Warm Breeze" by the Count Basie Orchestra from A Warm Breeze (1980)

Monophony example: "Autumn Nocturne" by Sonny Rollins from Silver City (1978)

Homophony example: "Jeru" by Miles Davis from Birth of the Cool (1957)

Block chord texture example: "Moon Dreams" by Miles Davis from Birth of the Cool (1957)

Polyphony example: "Julia" by Baptiste Trotignon from Solo II (2006)

12-bar blues example: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong (1928)

12-bar blues example: "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1945)

32-bar AABA form: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" by Billie Holiday (1937)

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

Riffs in jazz: "Taxi War Dance" by the Count Basie Orchestra (1939)

Solo breaks and stop-time in jazz: "Dr. Jazz" by Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers (1926)

End of class: "It Had To Be You" by Django Reinhardt (1938)

"Perdido Street Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (1940)

10 September

Start of class: "Original Haitian Music (Part 2)" by Sidney Bechet (1939)

"Boogaloo Boogie" by Stanton Moore from All Kooked Out! (1998)

Example of free rhythm: "Autumn Nocturne" by Sonny Rollins from Silver City (1978)

Example of meter in jazz: "Do I Crazy?" by John Scofield from Works for Me (2001)

Example of meter in jazz: "Swedish Schnapps" by Charlie Parker (1951)

Example of blue notes in jazz: "Reckless Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925)

Example of modal playing in jazz: "So What" by Miles Davis from Kind of Blue (1959)

Example of "Rhythm Changes": "I Got Rhythm" by Django Reinhardt (1949)

Example of "Rhythm Changes": "Anthropology" by the Mehldau and Rossy Trio from When I Fall In Love (1993)

End of class: "With Thee I Swing" by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra (1936)

7 September

Start of class: "Dark Rapture" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1938)

"Luminarias (Tango)" by Guillermo Klein from Una nave (2005)

5 September

Start of class: "Pinecone" by Jeff Parker from Like-Coping (2003)

"Where Are You, My Love?" by Kurt Elling from Night Moves (2007)

"Rhythm" by the Spirits of Rhythm (ca. late 1930s)

Example 1: "Solar" by Miles Davis from Walkin' (1954)

Example 2: "Muskrat Ramble" by Sidney Bechet with Dr. Henry Levine and his Barefooted Dixieland Philharmonic (1940)

Example 3: "Blow Top" by Count Basie (1941)

Example 4: "Sea of Sounds" by Sun Ra from Space Is The Place (1972)

Example 5: "Live at Bla" by Bugge Wesseltoft from New Conception of Jazz Live (2002)