The course has 5 weekly two-hour sessions:

• "Finding the Melody" focuses on hearing improvised melodies -- the core of the Jazz experience.
• "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" focuses on hearing the sound of the Blues and the relationship between Jazz and Blues.
• "Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing" focuses on rhythm in Jazz and the role of the rhythm section. What
  is "swing"?
• "Standards and Styles" focuses on how different Jazz musicians can do very different things with the same "standard" tune.
• "A World of Music" looks at the impact of various
  "World Musics" on Jazz: African, Spanish, Cuban,
  Brazilian, European Classical, Asian, and
  Jewish.

There are no tests or homework, and people
get a lot out of the course and have fun!