MUSC1150 — History of Jazz
Meets MnTC Goal Area 6. Through jazz music itself, students will learn about the styles within jazz and the promi -nent performers from the birth of the blues and ragtime through jazz-rock fusion to the new age, smooth, acid and hip-hop jazz styles of today. Jazz music is uniquely American in origin, and the effects that society and jazz music have had on each other will be explored.