AAAS 252S · also MUSIC 244S
Giants of Jazz: A Journey into the Lives and Music of the Masters of Jazz Music
John V. Brown Jr.
Description from DukeHub
In the Giants of Jazz Seminar, students will delve deeply into the music and lives of the biggest names in Jazz. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey and Cannonball Adderly (to name a few) are among those who created various levels of the art form known as jazz, and this course allows students a unique opportunity to get down and dirty with the music and blueprint they left for the world to enjoy. This highly interactive course engages students with the Professor, and it is a fun and exciting way to get up close and personal with some of the greatest music and musicians of all time.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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