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)