Lecture 1. Plantation beginnings -- Lecture 2. The rise and fall of ragtime -- Lecture 3. The jazz age -- Lecture 4. Blues -- Lecture 5. The swing era -- Lecture 6. Boogie, big band blues, and bop -- Lecture 7. Modern jazz -- Lecture 8. The ABC's of jazz improvisation.
Performer
Lectures delivered by Bill Messenger, The Peabody Conservatory of Music.