Jazz Rhythm Section Accompaniment Skills

Department - PERF
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - PSIJ-P426

This course is for intermediate- to advanced-level rhythm section players who seek to improve their accompaniment skills by studying and playing transcriptions of recordings by classic jazz master rhythm sections from the 1950s and 1960s. The course will focus on the rhythm section styles played by the bands of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and various Blue Note artists.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Carl Riley
Prerequisites: Written approval of instructor and course chair
Required of: None
Electable by: Acoustic bass, drum set, guitar, and piano principals