Thursday's class

We began class with critical listening, after which Professor Amanda Arrington performed the Felix Arndt tune, Nola.  We then discussed the workings of a modern piano, after which we returned to listening, which included Riverboat Shuffle and Singing the Blues (Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra), and Stampede (Fletcher Henderson).  We watched episode 4, The True Welcome, of the Ken Burns series Jazz and discussed its content and read, and discussed, poems by Countee Cullen and Paul Laurence Dunbar.