Jazz Histories
Jazz Histories examines jazz history, focusing on scholarship, criticism, and its relationship to the African American diaspora and U.S. racial inequality.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate familiarity with jazz scholarship by scholars and critics
Describe the historical significance of prominent scholars and jazz figures as they relate to the history of African American communities the United States
Analyze the role of oral history (especially by African American artists) in disrupting the knowledge base established by written histories
Engage with a respected jazz artist by engaging with a class guest
Demonstrate familiarity with key terms and concepts in discussions of jazz and jazz history
Describe the large-scale historical and cultural trends relating to the performance and discussion of jazz from approximately 1900 to the present
Communicate informed opinions based on primary source materials and oral histories, based on knowledge from scholarly materials
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapMUSIC 212 or declared in Music, Music: Education, or Music: Performance
- MUSIC 212
- declared in Music, Music: Education, or Music: Performance
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- Any of
- MUSIC 212
- declared in Music, Music: Education, or Music: Performance
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
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Topics
- Fictional representations of jazz culture and the African American diaspora.
- The intersection of U.S. racial inequality and the development of jazz.
- Historical and cultural trends in jazz performance and discussion from 1900 to present.
Skills
- Analyze jazz history through the lens of scholarship, criticism, and cultural representation.
- Evaluate how oral history disrupts traditional written historical narratives.
- Formulate and communicate informed opinions using primary sources and scholarly materials.
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