Jazz: The Music, The Stories, The Players - Hamilton College

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Learn what’s unique about jazz (swing, improvisation, structure and expression) and get an insider’s view from celebrated jazz musicians.

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Subjects

  • Jazz
  • Music
  • Players
  • Awing
  • Improvisation

Course programme

Innovations in music rank among America’s most significant contributions to global culture, none more so than jazz. From its humble beginnings as dance hall entertainment, jazz is now embraced as an art form, respected and imitated the world over. This music course addresses jazz from a listener’s perspective, but calls on professional jazz musicians to help us engage with this often mysterious aural experience. This six-week course will enable interaction with the basic components of jazz (swing, improvisation, structure and personal expression) while providing an inside connection to the artists who perform it. Content includes excerpts from the 300+ video interviews gathered with jazz personalities for the Fillius Jazz Archive, select scholarly readings and demonstrations offered by the instructor, a working musician. Students will engage in user-friendly activities that include listening, responding, counting, and internalizing the concepts that make jazz work. Rarely heard stories and anecdotes offered by our interviewees will stimulate the imagination and provide rich content for open discussion. Jazz: The Music, The Stories, The Players will appeal equally to the casual listener, the avid fan and the proficient jazz player.

What you'll learn
  • What makes jazz “swing”
  • The form, feel and function of jazz
  • How musicians balance creativity and freedom with theory, form and group dynamics
  • The role of personal understanding in engaging with an art form
  • The inside story from jazz artists regarding their choice of career and life style
  • The role of jazz in America as art and entertainment

Additional information

Monk Rowe Monk Rowe has been an instructor of saxophone at Hamilton College and the Joe Williams Director of the Fillius Jazz Archive since 1995. In this role, he has personally conducted videotaped interviews with over three hundred jazz personalities across the country. Monk is an active pianist and saxophonist and has composed and arranged music for numerous ensembles, including the Fredonia Alumni Jazz Ensemble and the Utica Symphony. He is active in the field of aesthetic education and frequently conducts interactive workshops on blues and improvised music.  

Jazz: The Music, The Stories, The Players - Hamilton College

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