30 October

Start of class: "Everywhere You Turn" by the Bad Plus from These Are the Vistas (2003) Quintet of the Hot Club of France example: "Echoes of France (La Marseillaise)" (1946) Big Band Era soloists - Coleman Hawkins: "Body and Soul" by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra (1939) Big Band Era soloists - Ben Webster: "Cotton Tail" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1940) Transition in the jazz rhythm section: "Over the Rainbow" by Art Tatum (1939) Transition in the jazz rhythm section and end of class: "Topsy (Swing to Bop)" by Charlie Christian (1941)

28 October

Start of class: "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1938) "Let's Go" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Let's Go Everywhere (2008) American Jazz Abroad example: ""I'm Coming, Virginia" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1938) Quintet of the Hot Club of France example: "Echoes of France (La Marseillaise)" (1946)

23 October

Start of class: "Strut" by Jimmy Smith from Dot Com Blues (2001) "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by the Bad Plus from These Are the Vistas (2003)

21 October

Start of class: "Blue Lou" by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (1936) "The Lover" by Medeski Martin & Wood from Friday Afternoon in the Universe (1995) Big Bands after the end of the Big Band Era: "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra from Ellington at Newport (1956) Fronting the jazz orchestra: "Melancholy Mood" by the Harry James Orchestra - Frank Sinatra, Vocal (1939) Billie Holiday example: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1939) Ella Fitzgerald example: "Blue Skies" (1958) Vocalese example: "One O'Clock Jump" by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross from Sing a Song of Basie (1955) End of class: "Speak No Evil" by Wayne Shorter from Speak No Evil (1965)

18 October

Start of class: "Nyack [Live]" by Lettuce from Outta Here (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) End of class: "Hungaria" by Django Reinhardt (1939)

16 October

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 Can't Pretend" by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra (1936)

11 October

Start of class: "Mona Lisa" by Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette from Tokyo '96 (Live) (1996) "Listen My Children and You Shall Hear" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937) Big Bad Era example: "Star Dust" by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra (1940) Big Band Era example: "Shim Sham Shimmy" by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1933) Big Band Era example: "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939) 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)

9 October

Start of class: "Japanese Sandman" by Django Reinhardt (1937) "Slow Down Sagg" by Jimmy Smith from Root Down (1972) Big Band Era example: "King Porter Stomp" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1935) End of class: "What Now" by Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood from Out Louder (2006)

7 October

Start of class: "Goodbye Blue" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1930) "Piece Three" by Anthony Braxton from Creative Orchestra Music (1976) 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) Louis Armstrong study: "Weather Bird" by Louis Armstrong with Early Hines (1928) Louis Armstrong study: "Hello Dolly" by Louis Armstrong (1964)

4 October

Start of class: "Blues en mineur" by Django Reinhardt (1942) "Simply So" by Nils Petter Molvaer from NP3 (2002) Louis Armstrong study: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928) Louis Armstrong study: "Hotter than That" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1927) Early Bix Beiderbecke example: "Tiger Rag" recorded by the Wolverines (1924) Expanding improvisation example: "Singin' the Blues" by Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer (1927)

3 October

Start of class: "Shanghai Shuffle" by Louis Armstrong with Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (1924) "Shoe Shine Boy" by Count Basie and Lester Young (1936) 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)