Aims to unravel the mystery of Jazz?s allure, importance,  and performance process, in a manner mostly divorced from  technical musical terminology or music theory, through targeted readings, listening assignments, written projects, in-class visits, and concert attendance.

No Prerequisites

5

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area F Writing
Jon Nathan
3.1
18 reviews
387 1011
W
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
28 / 30

387 1011
F
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
36 / 30 Full

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Spring 2024 . Nathan J S
MUSICLLCH
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09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Summer 2024 . Nathan J S
387 1015
M T W R
11:00 AM - 12:05 PM
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MUS 16 Nathan J S Spring 2024 Total: 90
MUS 16 Nathan J S Fall 2023 Total: 80
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3.1
MUS16 . 3 Months Ago

At first, Jon seems like a likable and charismatic professor, this is a misconception. He is uncongenial and monotonous to interact with on a weekly basis. Jon seems to think that UCSB is the Julliard School of Music. I believe he has watched the movie Whiplash one too many times and taken on the personality of Terence Fletcher (probably his hero).

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MUS16 . 8 Months Ago

The lectures are pretty boring but the class itself is very easy. If you do all the work and show up to class, you're pretty much guaranteed an A. Nathan does seem to care a bit too much about jazz but at least he's passionate.

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MUS16 . 8 Months Ago

Not great, seems very set in his ways and unwilling to respect the diversity of his student's opinions. Willing to name-call his students, witnessed him calling an ensemble student of his a "tall glass of water" in front of an entire audience to her visible discomfort.

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MUS16 . 9 Months Ago

Save yourself. This guy really likes jazz

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MUS16 . 1 Year, 26 Days Ago

you have to show up and take notes. you had to do papers and go to concerts. you dont have to be super into jazz but if you do all the work youre literally guaranteed an A

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MUS16 . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Enjoyed the material so much & learned a lot! Kind of uses labor based grading which was refreshing. He gave a lot of great feedback which inspired me to improve. Wish I could take this class every quarter. Maybe I just love jazz. Besides that, it was a lot of opinion based writing. Lots of reading too, but still an easy A I feel.

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