Jazz music assignment proposal

Select a jazz artist active before 1980 who is NOT covered in this class.
Select one song by that artist that came out before 1980 and make a case for why that
artist should be covered in a class called The History of Jazz. You may discuss more
than one song by your artist, but you should select and focus on ONE song and argue
why it should be required listening for this course. This requires that you think about
what constitutes historical significance and demonstrate that your selection has it. In
doing so it may be useful to link your song to the musical movements it is associated with
(e.g., new orleans jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, fusion, etc.), and, if
possible, explain how it relates to broader social (race, gender, class etc.), historical
(WWI, WWII, Depression etc.), political (civil rights era), musical (pioneer of new style)
and/or cultural issues.

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