Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Jazz was born in New Orleans toward the end of the 19th century. A Louisiana port and a crossroads of French, Spanish, African, and Caribbean life, the city was a laboratory of sound.
Born out of the violence of slavery and segregation, this music became “America's classical music.” In a single century it shaped rock, funk, and hip-hop. To understand jazz is to understand a freedom invented under constraint.
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- 2New Orleans and Congo Square
- 3Blue notes, improvisation, and Jim Crow
- 4Armstrong, swing, bebop, Kind of Blue
- 5Free jazz, fusion, and legacy
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary13 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
