AQA, OCR, Edexcel & Eduqas: a Jazz Primer, part 1

Jonathan James
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Jazz is an important area of study for A level across several of the boards. This first part traces jazz history from its ‘raggedy’ beginnings in the 1890s through to the gloss and sophistication of swing bands up until 1945. The second part picks up from the rise of bebop and ends with a survey of today's artists.