ATS2333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Music Of Africa, Jim Crow Laws, Reconstruction Era
26 Jul 2018
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Weekly quizzes - reading and test to be completed prior to the lecture. Readings also include some listenings - research tasks to be completed prior to quizzes. Fusion of musical traditions from west africa, europe and america. Continues to evolve through the same process of assimilation. Often is key to jazz and arguably is the one consistent thing across it"s varied forms. Stories of social changes and race relations in america are also key to its history. Bechet"s music reflects stories of his past and present, and allows him to identify a sense of self through the discovery of his history - the life of his father. Bechet feels that the music has allowed him to identify with a part of himself that began before he was born - identify with the stories of his ancestors. Music is an important part of his identity, something that is even bigger than himself.
