MUS 422 - Jazz in American Culture

At least junior standing. (3).

Examination of jazz in American culture. Evolution of jazz and jazz styles, minstrelsy and revues, effect on American composers and language, storyville, the “Jazz Age” and American literature, morality and jazz, effects of segregation, jazz as an American export, Black nationalism, and the avante garde. Graded ABCDE. [“Infrequently”]