GJ STDS M130

Culture of Jazz Aesthetics

Global Jazz Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as Anthropology M158 and Ethnomusicology M130.) Aesthetics of jazz from point of view of musicians who shaped jazz as art form in 20th century. Listening to and interacting with professional jazz musicians who answer questions and give musical demonstrations. Analytical resources and historical knowledge of musicians and ethnomusicologists combined with those interested in jazz as cultural tradition.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Recommended requisite: Anthropology 3 or 4 or Ethnomusicology 20A or 20B or 20C.

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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

GJ STDS M130

ANTHRO 3Culture and Society
ETHNMUS 20AMusical Cultures of World: Europe and Americas
- MUSC 20CMusic Theory III
  - MUSC 20BMusic Theory II1 more beneath
- ETHNMUS 10AMusic Theory and Musicianship I

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