24 January

Start of class: "Hold Me Now" by the Thompson Twins from Into the Gap (1983) "Just You and Me" by Zee Avi from Zee Avi (2009) "Morts les Enfants" by Renaud from Mistral Gagnant (1985) Ragtime example: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003) Early Tin Pan Alley example: "After the Ball" composed by Charles K. Harris (1892), performed by Joan Morris and William Bolcom from After the Ball and Other Highlights from Vaudeville (1974) Acoustic recording example: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (Louis Armstrong, cornet) (1925) Electric recording example: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (1928) Syncopated Dance Music example: "Castle House Rag" by James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (1914) New Orleans-style Jazz example/end of class: "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917) End of class: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 from War (1983)