How to Listen to and Appreciate Jazz

14 lectures on 7 CDs plus 2 music CDsTed Buehrer is an associate professor at Kenyon College, where he teaches classes on music theory, jazz studies, and music technology.What is jazz? Louis Armstrong purportedly said: "If you have to ask, you'll never know." Music scholar and distinguished professor Ted Buehrer conducts a captivating series of lectures designed to help musical enthusiasts become more astute, sophisticated jazz listeners. In these compelling lectures, Professor Buehrer introduces concepts common to nearly all forms of music before focusing on unique aspects of jazz appreciation from early jazz to Swing, Bebop, Fusion, and the contemporary jazz scene.Drummer Max Roach once remarked that recordings are the textbooks of jazz. The two-CD compilation Jazz: The First 100 Years, included in this package, is considered by Professor Buehrer to be an invaluable supplement to his lectures. The detailed listening guides contained in the course guide booklet are designed to further assist one's understanding and appreciation of jazz. Lecture 1 Listening to Jazz: Part I: Basic Parameters of Music and the Jazz Rhythm SectionLecture 2 Listening to Jazz: Part II: The Sounds and Forms of JazzLecture 3 Listening to Jazz: Part III: Appreciating Jazz ImprovisationLecture 4 The Origins of JazzLecture 5 New OrleansLecture 6 Chicago and the Transition to Early SwingLecture 7 The Swing EraLecture 8 Swing to BebopLecture 9 Bebop: The Birth of Modern JazzLecture 10 The 1950s and a Profusion of StylesLecture 11 Into the 1960sLecture 12 Jazz in the 1960sLecture 13 Jazz FusionLecture 14 The Contemporary Jazz Scene