25 November

Start of class: "Big Sky" by the John Scofield Quartet from What We Do (1993) Free improvisation example: "Number 7" by Fred Van Hove, Peter Brötzmann, and Hans Bennink from FMP130 (1973) John Coltrane example: "Acknowledgement" from A Love Supreme (1965) The Avant garde example: "Ghosts" by Albert Ayler from Lörrach, Paris, 1966 (1966) The Avant garde example 2: "Nonaah" by the Roscoe Mitchell and the Art Ensemble of Chicago from Nonaah (1976) Fusion example and end of class: "Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis from Bitches Brew (1970)

22 November

Start of class: "A Little Love, A Little Kiss" by Django Reinhardt (1937) "Blues for Alice" by Charlie Parker (1951) "There'll Come a Time" by Bix Beiderbecke (1928) Miles Davis example: "E.S.P." from E.S.P. (1965) John Coltrane example: "Giant Steps" from Giant Steps (1959) Free improvisation example: "Free Jazz" by Ornette Coleman from Free Jazz (1961)

20 November

Start of class: "Lullaby to a Dream" by Benny Carter (1934) "I Ain't Lazy (I'm Just Dreamin')" by Jack Teagarden (1934) Miles Davis example: "Walkin'" from Walkin' (1954) Miles Davis example: "So What" from Kind of Blue (1959) End of class: "59 South" by the Robert Glasper Trio from Double Booked (2009)

18 November

Start of class: "One O'Clock Jump" by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross from Sing a Song of Basie (1955) "How Do You Do Me Like You Do?" by Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra (1933) "Desafinado" by Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz from Getz/Gilberto (1964) West Coast Jazz example: "Jeru" by the Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Quartet (1952) Birth of the Cool example: "Moon Dreams" by Miles Davis Nonet (1950) Cool Jazz example: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck from Take Five (1959) Hard Bop example: "Moanin'" by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958) End of class: "That's How I Feel Today" by the Chocolate Dandies (1929)

13 November

Start of class: "Music at Sunrise" by Spike Hughes and his Orchestra (1933) "J'ai peur" by Laurent Cugny from La Tectonique des nuages (2010) "I'll Never Be the Same" by Django Reinhardt (1949) "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1952) Third Stream example: "Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk" by Gunther Schuller and John Lewis from Jazz Abstractions (1961) End of class: "Nuages" by Le Quintette du Hot Club de France (1946)

11 November

Start of class: "Somebody Loves Me" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1937) "Question Time (Knitting or Quitting, Part 5)" by Open Loose (Mark Helias) from New School (2001) Jazz during the Civil Rights Era: "Fables of Faubus" by Charles Mingus from Mingus Ah Um (1959) Theme for Third Stream example: "Criss Cross" by Thelonious Monk from Criss Cross (1962) Third Stream example and end of class: "Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk" from Jazz Abstractions (1960)

8 November

Start of class: "Tight" by Kurt Elling from Nightmoves (2007) "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" by Bix Beiderbecke (1930) Jazz as Common Practice: "Blue 7" by Sonny Rollins from Saxophone Colossus (1956) Jazz as Common Practice: "Long Tall Dexter" by Dexter Gordon (1946) Jazz during the Civil Rights Era and end of class: "Fables of Faubus" by Charles Mingus from Mingus Ah Um (1959)

6 November

Start of class: "Autumn in New York" by Biréli Lagrène from Blue Eyes (1998) Bebop example: "Tempus Fugue-It" by Bud Powell (1949) Jazz as Common Practice: "Blue Monk" by the Thelonious Monk Quartet from video Monk in Oslo (1966) Jazz as Common Practice: "Rhythm-a-ning" by Thelonious Monk from Criss-Cross (1962) End of class: "Bull Frog Blues" by Charles Pierce and his Orchestra (1927)

4 November

Start of class: "Careless Love" by Sidney Bechet (1949) "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Medeski Martin and Wood from Radiolarians II (2009) Bebop example: "Ko-ko" by Charlie Parker (1945) Bebop blues example: "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker (1953) Bebop example: "Groovin' High" by Dizzy Gillespie and his Sextet (1945) End of class: "Blackbird" by Bobby McFerrin from The Voice (1984)

1 November

Start of class: "It Could Happen to You" by Humair/Urtreger/Michelot from HUM (recorded 1979, released 1999) Transition in the jazz rhythm section: "Topsy (Swing to Bop)" by Charlie Christian (1941) End of class: "Country March" by Fred Pallem & Le Sacre du Tympan from La Grande Ouverture (2008)