As part of the OCR A Level Music course, students should understand how instrumental jazz has developed since 1910. They should look at how the quintessential ingredients of jazz, such as improvisation, syncopation and swing, have been used by great artists like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Herbie Hancock. Learners should study and understand how jazz began in New Orleans, and how it was disseminated throughout the USA, and beyond.

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