Lecture 1 Listening to Jazz: Part I: Basic Parameters of Music and the Jazz Rhythm Section Lecture 2 Listening to Jazz: Part II: The Sounds and Forms of Jazz Lecture 3 Listening to Jazz: Part III: Appreciating Jazz Improvisation Lecture 4 The Origins of Jazz Lecture 5 New Orleans Lecture 6 Chicago and the Transition to Early Swing Lecture 7 The Swing Era Lecture 8 Swing to Bebop Lecture 9 Bebop: The Birth of Modern Jazz Lecture 10 The 1950s and a Profusion of Styles Lecture 11 Into the 1960s Lecture 12 Jazz in the 1960s Lecture 13 Jazz Fusion Lecture 14 The Contemporary Jazz Scene