Module: Jazz History

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

All Module information is indicative, and this portal is an interim interface pending the full upgrade of Coursebuilder and subsequent integration to the new DCU Student Information System (DCU Key).

As such, this is a point in time view of data which will be refreshed periodically. Some fields/data may not yet be available pending the completion of the full Coursebuilder upgrade and integration project. We will post status updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Jazz History
Module Code	MC125 (ITS) / MPA1022 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	Jenna Harris
Module Teachers	Conor Guilfoyle
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Repeat examination

Description

A course designed to familiarise learners with the history of jazz, its major figures, and to give an overview of how the music evolved and developed, and the social context in which it existed at different periods of its evolution. The major stylistic eras of jazz will be covered including the origins of the music, the swing era, the Bebop revolution, modal jazz, the rise of the avant-garde, jazz-rock, contemporary jazz and contribution of women to the history and development of jazz. Discussion of the musical aesthetics of different eras will be combined with how these evolved via the social and historical environment in which they evolved

Learning Outcomes

1. Be fully conversant with the history of jazz since its foundation to the present day
2. Be familiar with all of the major figures and innovators in the music and be aware of how they contributed to the history and development of jazz
3. Develop critical thinking and an ability in how to interpret historical and social information
4. Know how use this thinking to form opinions about their own work and place it in the jazz continuum

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Weekly, A one-hour group lecture
Independent Study	101	Research on jazz history through listening and reading
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The development of jazz
This module will cover the development of jazz from being a regional, relatively simple folk-like music to becoming a complex art music with an international reach and influence. The survey of the evolution of the music will be mostly done chronologically, and the major musical developments will be discussed. Areas covered will include: ° Origins of jazz ° Early jazz in the New Orleans context ° The swing era – Kansas City, and New York ° Duke Ellington ° The Bebop Revolution ° The evolution of Cool and West Coast Jazz ° Hard Bop ° The Music of Thelonious Monk ° Modal Jazz ° Miles Davis and John Coltrane ° Ornette Coleman and free jazz ° Jazz Rock and the fusion movement ° 1980s – M-Base and Young Lions ° Contemporary jazz, post 1990 ° Women in jazz – the leading female practitioners and their contribution ° The development of European jazz

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Oral Examination	Discussion with examiner of a learner-chosen period or style	50%	Sem 1 End
Assignment	Written Essay - 2000 word essay on a learner chosen period, style, or performer	50%	Sem 1 End

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Ted Gioia: 1997, The history of jazz, Oxford University Press, New York, 019512653X
Franck Bergerot: 0, Jazz, Chambers, 055010271X
Martinelli, Francesco: 2017, The History of European Jazz, The Music, Musicians and Audience in Context,, Equinox Publishing Ltd, 1781794464
Linda Dahl: 1992, Stormy weather, Limelight Editions, New York, 0879101288
Becker, Chris: 2015, Freedom of Expression: Interviews with Women in Jazz, Beckeresque Press,
Alyn Shipton: 0, New History of Jazz, Continuum International Publishing Group, 0826429726

Other Resources

35158, Website, 0, Grove Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public,