Listening to Jazz TO JAZZ

Jazz music is a significant art form created in the United States that relies on improvisation and re-interpretation of existing songs and previous performances. What are the components of a jazz performance? How have selected major jazz artists used diverse influences to create their unique musical style? Students will not only understand the basic parameters of what makes music jazz, but will understand how specific jazz artists continually reinvented jazz through the 20th and 21st centuries. Core Aesthetics course.