JAZZ HISTORY – MUSIC 115 Spring Quarter 2006							Instructor: Jerry McManus Office Phone #: 425-564-2538 e-mail: jmcmanus@bcc.ctc.edu
					Syllabus
Text:		JAZZ STYLES, 9^th ed., by Mark Gridley
		Two CD’s (not required) are available and will enhance your learning
Final: Tuesday, June 13^th, 9:30 – 11:20 a.m.
	All chapter tests are 100 points. The final is 200 points.
Main purpose: to develop some understanding about many different jazz styles, players, history and stories. When people get together that enjoy jazz, there is usually quite an active conversation about what they have been listening to. This information is ideal to share with all other class members. Please refer to the Arts and Humanities web page for our handout on Student Expectations http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/artshum/policy.html all of which apply in my classes.
	Listening is such a big part of understanding and enjoying jazz, which is one of the main reasons why students are required to listen to 10 hours of Jazz. You are required to listen to 10 hours of either:
			1.	Jazz CD’s, or
			2.	BCC’s radio station, or
			3.	KPLU 88.5 FM
	Students are required to turn in a typed page employing as many descriptors as feasible from the Appendices p.181-212. If you listen to KPLU please tape it, as the information on the performers goes by too fast to write it down. These 10 hours of listening put on a minimum of 10 typewritten pages, worth 10 points apiece for a possible 100 points and are due by Friday, June 10. Due to time limitations, learning the basics and briefly touching on major styles and players is restricted, so you may choose one famous jazz musician to explore and write a research paper about, 1250 words minimum, 100 points possible. You will also be given the opportunity to present your composer to the group in 10 minutes with another 5 minutes maximum of listening examples for another 100 points possible.
Absences: The college states that 5 absences is a maximum and 6 will lower your grade.
		Extra credit can then come into play in a limited way. Three day’s absence can be erased by listening to 12 hours and writing 24 pages - typewritten. Extra credit is available to raise your grade by listening up to 6 hours, and writing up to 6 pages for a possible 60 points. All extra credit is due by Friday, June 9. 20 points of extra credit will be given to any class member who attends a jazz concert in the Seattle area that is okayed by me and also turns in your ticket receipt along with one typewritten page employing as many musical terms as you can.
Grades/Attendance: Please keep a log of your grades and attendance so you know where you stand to avoid class interruptions that take us away from the main purpose of this class.
Extra Credit: is quite often given on tests and can only be given on the day of the test during the test time. KPLU on Saturdays, between 3-6pm has jazz legend Marian McPartland, on piano, interviewing various famous jazz players, they talk and play together. During Nancy Wilson’s show, A jazz profile is given of various famous jazz musicians. Both of these shows are very informative.
Jazz Alley at 6^th & Lenora, 206-441-9729, in Seattle, is the best known and biggest club. Tula’s is at 2214 2^nd Ave., 206-443-4221. I’m sure some of our members will tell us about big names coming to different places in the Seattle area during our session.

Jerry McManus

Music 115 – Jazz History

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