Annual Review of Jazz Studies 9: 1997-1998

by Berger, Edward; Cayer, David; Martin, Henry; Morgenstern, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780810837713
• ISBN10: 0810837714
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-06
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

The Annual Review of Jazz Studies is dedicated to scholarly research on jazz and its related musical forms. This new volume is a special double issue covering the two years of 1997 and 1998. This volume is a must-have for collectors of this series and sure to be of interest to all jazz lovers.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
AN ANALYSIS SYMPOSIUM: ALTERNATE TAKES---STELLA BY STARLIGHT
Introduction	1	(2)
Henry Martin
``The Great Symphonic Theme'': Multiple Takes on ``Stella's'' Scheme	3	(22)
Cynthia Folio
Oscar Peterson and the Art of Paraphrase: The 1965 Recording of ``Stella by Starlight''	25	(20)
J. Kent Williams
Triple Play: Bill Evans's Three-Piano Performance of Victor Young's ``Stella by Starlight''	45	(12)
Steve Larson
Miles's ``Stella'': A Comparison in the Light of the Two Quintets	57	(20)
Steve Lindeman
The Nature of Recomposition: Miles Davis and ``Stella by Starlight''	77	(16)
Henry Martin
The Real ``Stella'' and the ``Real'' ``Stella'': A Response to ``Alternate Takes''	93	(10)
Allen Forte
Authors' Responses to Forte's Questions	103	(8)
FEATURED ARTICLES
Solat at 70	111	(22)
Max Harrison
Order and Chaos in Bird and Trane	133	(12)
Mark S. Haywood
Ghanaba and the Heritage of African Jazz	145	(20)
royal hartigan
A Photo Gallery: Photographs from the Archives
Bix Beiderbecke from a Musician's Perspective	165	(96)
Randy Sandke
Freedom and Form in Ornette Coleman's Early Atlantic Recordings	261	(34)
Eric Charry
The Legacy of Jazz Dance	295	(44)
Terry Monaghan
Ellington Exposed: Back to Back and Side by Side	339	(12)
Michael Thomas Roeder
BOOK REVIEWS
Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation	351	(16)
Paul F. Berliner
royal hartigan
Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation	367	(24)
Paul F. Berliner
J. Kent Williams
Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Select Annotated Bibliography	391	(12)
Eddie S. Meadows
Edward Berger
Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman, by Gene Lees Blue Flame: Woody Herman's Life in Music, by Robert C. Kriebel Woody Herman: Chronicles of the Herds, by William Clancy, with Audree Coke Kenton	403	(6)
Tom Smith
About the Editors	409	(2)
About the Contributors	411	(4)
About the Institute of Jazz Studies	415