The class I would like to design is Travel Through Time: History and Evolution of Jazz in America For practical purposes, you the reader will need to accept the premise that we can travel back in time. If you have seen the movie “Midnight in Paris” you will recognize the premise. If you have not seen the movie here is a synopsis. The movie’s main character, a writer, travels through time to meet people like Hemingway. He makes this journey by taking a ride in a Peugeot. However, in my class we will be taking an Uber. Each ride will transport the class in both time and place.
This class would look at how the genre emerged out of African American musical tradition and its growth and change geographically and stylistically. The class will be organized chronologically by visiting prominent cities, meeting influential people, and visiting important record companies and performance venues. …show more content…
Students would be split into three groups, one group for each destination. It would be their responsibility to prepare an informational packet to be shared with the entire class. The packet would contain all the important logistical information in addition to background and history of the artists and the locations. The students will develop questions for formal interviews of these historical figures. Potential sources of information for the packets could include interviews of various current jazz musicians like George Benson, David Sanborn and Herbbie Hancock.
In the first full week we will discover the birth of jazz and blues in the great city of New Orleans. During this first week, we will cover period 1900 through 1940. Here we will meet important people like Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. During our stay in New Orleans we will visit Victor Records and hear the recordings of the “The Original Dixie Jazz
This class would look at how the genre emerged out of African American musical tradition and its growth and change geographically and stylistically. The class will be organized chronologically by visiting prominent cities, meeting influential people, and visiting important record companies and performance venues. …show more content…
Students would be split into three groups, one group for each destination. It would be their responsibility to prepare an informational packet to be shared with the entire class. The packet would contain all the important logistical information in addition to background and history of the artists and the locations. The students will develop questions for formal interviews of these historical figures. Potential sources of information for the packets could include interviews of various current jazz musicians like George Benson, David Sanborn and Herbbie Hancock.
In the first full week we will discover the birth of jazz and blues in the great city of New Orleans. During this first week, we will cover period 1900 through 1940. Here we will meet important people like Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. During our stay in New Orleans we will visit Victor Records and hear the recordings of the “The Original Dixie Jazz