18 September

Start of class: "Get Together With the Lord" by Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy (1945) "How High the Moon (Live at Carnegie Hall)" by Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker (1949) Work Song and African-American Spiritual example: "The Buzzard Lope" as sung by the Georgia Sea Island Singers (1959) Work Song example: "Hard Times in Ol' Virginia" as sung by the Georgia Sea Island Singers (1959) Country Blues example: "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by Robert Johnson (1936) City/Classic Blues example: "Reckless Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925) End of class: "Star Eyes" by the Charlie Parker Quintet (1951)