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)