Henry Martin

Charlie Parker, Composer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Charlie Parker, Composer reexamines the renowned jazz improviser as a composer in his own right, assessing 84 of his original works with a focus on their aesthetic qualities and historical context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9780190923389
• ISBN-10: 0190923385
• Artikelnr.: 58813378

Autorenporträt

Henry Martin is Professor of Music at Rutgers University in Newark. He is a composer, music theorist, and pianist with a long list of compositions, articles, books, and performances. He is the author of Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation (1996), Counterpoint: A Species Approach Based on Schenker's Counterpoint (2005), and Jazz: The First 100 Years (co-authored with Keith Waters, 2014). His articles and reviews have appeared in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Perspectives of New Music, among many others.

Inhaltsangabe

Table 1
Table 2
List of Examples and Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Jazz Composition and Parker as Jazz Composer
Chapter 1: Music Background and Compositional Overview
Chapter 2: 32-Bar Rhythm Changes Compositions
Chapter 3: Other 32-Bar AABA Compositions
Chapter 4: 32-Bar ABAC Compositions
Chapter 5: Through-Composed Blues in C
Chapter 6: Through-Composed Blues in Other Keys
Chapter 7: 32-Bar Compositions with A Section or Partial A Section
Chapter 8: Riff Blues
Chapter 9: Improvisational Frames with Composed Sections and Non-Standard Works
Chapter 10: Summary and Assessment
Bibliography
Index