MUS 145 - Jazz History and Literature

1. identify and discuss significant dates, places and names of milestones in jazz history;
2. identify instruments such as soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones, trumpets, flugelhorns, trombones, clarinets, flutes, guitars, drums and other percussion instruments;
3. identify, analyze and discuss specific works of music by influential musicians;
4. analyze and discuss contributions made to the development of jazz by African-Americans and how attitudes toward them hindered many from achieving critical and financial success during their careers as well as promoting and enabling their integration into American and world culture.