Annual Review of Jazz Studies 8: 1996 Special Edition on Jazz Theory

by Martin, Henry; Waters, Keith; Anderson, Gene; Strunk, Steven; Collier, James Lincoln; Collier, Geoffrey L.; Larson, Steve; Liebman, David; Kurzdorfer, James; Dean-Lewis, Tim; Donelian, Armen; Dorian, Patrick C.; Bauer, William; Harrison, Max

• ISBN13: 9780810849730
• ISBN10: 0810849739
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-21
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Showcases professional work in the arena of jazz theory. Among the contributors are scholars of jazz theory as well as musicians, including four of the founding members of the jazz section of the Society for Music Theory.

Author Biography

Gene Anderson is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Director of Bands at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia William Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Music at Rutgers University in Newark Geoffrey L. Collier is currently Assistant Professor of Psychology at South Carolina State University James Lincoln Collier has written extensively on jazz history Tim Dean-Lewis, jazz musician and theoretician, was born in Essex, England, and raised in New Jersey. Since his return to the U.K., he has lectured at the University of Brighton Armen Donelian is on the faculty of the Mannes-New School Jazz Program, William Paterson State College, and the Manhattan School of Music Patrick C. Dorian is a member of the music department of East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania Max Harrison for many years worked in classical music publishing in London as an editor, arranger and orchestrator, but writing about music finally took over James Kurzdorfer currently teaches music theory, music appreciation, and jazz ensemble at Villa Maria College of Buffalo Steve Larson is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Oregon David Liebman, jazz saxophonist, composer and educator, has played with Miles Davis and Elvin Jones as well as leading his own groups Steven Strunk is a composer and Professor of Music at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC Keith Waters is a jazz pianist who has recorded and performed throughout the United States, Europe, and in Russia

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Featured Articles
Jazz Theory--An Overview	p. 1
Blurring the Barline: Metric Displacement in the Piano Solos of Herbie Hancock	p. 19
Blues for You, Johnny: Johnny Dodds and His "Wild Man Blues" Recordings of 1927 and 1928	p. 39
Linear Intervallic Patterns in Jazz Repertory	p. 63
Microrhythms in Jazz: A Review of Papers	p. 117
The Art of Charlie Parker's Rhetoric	p. 141
John Coltrane's Meditations Suite--A Study in Symmetry	p. 167
Outrageous Clusters: Dissonant Semitonal Cells in the Music of Thelonious Monk	p. 181
Pedagogy
How Weird Can Things Get? (Maps for Pantonal Improvisation)	p. 203
Hearing Chords	p. 227
Transcribing a Solo Using a Tape Constructed from a Compact Disc Player with A/B Repeat Function	p. 243
Book Review
What to Listen for in Jazz, by Barry Kernfeld (Yale, 1995)	p. 247
CD Review
Big Band Renaissance, a CD recording selected by Bill Kirchner (Smithsonian, 1995)	p. 261
About the Editor	p. 279
About the Contributors	p. 281
About the Institute of Jazz Studies	p. 285
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