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)