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JAZZ2018: Jazz History 3
2026 unit information
Jazz History 3 explores jazz from 1980 to the present, examining the stylistic, cultural, and aesthetic debates that have shaped recent practice. The unit considers postmodernism, hybridity, neoclassicism, avant-garde experimentation, globalisation, technology, recording culture, and shifting ideas of tradition and innovation. Through key artists, recordings, scenes, and critical debates, students investigate how jazz has responded to changing social, institutional, and musical ecologies. The unit also introduces the history of jazz in Australia, from early adoption and local reception to contemporary attempts to define distinctive Australian approaches to improvisation, composition, ensemble practice, and identity.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Jazz |
| Credit points | 3 |
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Prerequisites:
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JAZZ1022 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate knowledge of the cultural, social, technological, and institutional contexts that have shaped jazz since 1980 and jazz practice in Australia.
- LO2. Identify and describe the significant stylistic features of contemporary, postmodern, hybrid, neoclassical, and avant-garde jazz practices.
- LO3. Explain the introduction and development of jazz in Australia, from its early adoption to current local practices.
- LO4. Engage in rigorous and creative inquiry about jazz artists, recordings, scenes, histories, and cultural identities.
- LO5. Integrate different critical approaches to examine artistic, cultural, practical, and ethical issues related to jazz production, performance, reception, and consumption.
- LO6. Locate, evaluate, and effectively use scholarly sources and recorded evidence, and express ideas about in speech and writing using appropriate academic citation and attribution practices.
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