Jazz Avant-Gardes
MUSC 277
Fall 2015
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01
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This course will explore the emergence of an avant-garde in jazz in the 1950s and 60s, including earlier efforts and later developments in the preceding and succeeding decades. We will take a holistic approach, examining the music and its surrounding community within the broader social and cultural currents of 1950s and 60s America, especially that of European-inherited avant-garde aesthetics, the increasingly urgent Civil Rights Movement and changing notions of freedom, and artist collectives in the U.S. and Europe. Key artists will include Monk, Coleman, Taylor, Sun Ra, Coltrane, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bailey, and Braxton, among others. We will immerse ourselves in a combination of reading, listening to recordings, discussion, and in-class performances. Throughout the semester, we will pursue the parallel goals of using this era in jazz to expand our understanding of avant-garde movements in general and using historical avant-garde movements to expand our understanding of how the phenomenon has played out in jazz. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(MUSC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selections from:
Baraka, BLACK MUSIC
Charry, THE EMERGENCE OF AN AVANT GARDE IN JAZZ
Cottington, THE AVANT GARDE
Kelley, THELONIOUS MONK
Lewis, A POWER STRONGER THAN ITSELF
Litweiler, ORNETTE COLEMAN
E. Porter, WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED JAZZ
L. Porter, JOHN COLTRANE
Monson, FREEDOMS SOUNDS
Spellman, FOUR LIVES IN THE BEBOP BUSINESS
Szwed, SPACE IS THE PLACE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Regular reading responses, occasional short writing assignments, and midterm and final projects |
| Instructor(s): Charry,Eric Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: MST301; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: 2 | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
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