Peter Dowdall

Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass

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Produktbeschreibung

In this valuable study, the bass and its technological mediation are shown to have driven changes in jazz language, musical style, and even transformed creative hierarchies in ways that have been largely overlooked. Peter Dowdall reconciles technology more thoroughly into the jazz narrative by detailing and evaluating the instrument's eventual electrification as well as evolving recording and digital technologies. Dowdall convincingly demonstrates how the implementation of these technologies has transformed the role of the bass in jazz, and with that, jazz music as an art form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781138236561
• ISBN-10: 113823656X
• Artikelnr.: 48813867

Autorenporträt

Peter Dowdall is a former New York City bassist and recording engineer and is currently teaching at the University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. The Bass and the Early Mechanical Roots of Jazz (1915
1930) 2. The Bass, Technology and the Development of the Rhythm Section (1930
1945) 3. The Spoils of War and the Jazz Bass: Tape Recorders and Editing (1945
1960) 4. The Electrification of the Bass: Behold the Illegitimate Cousin (1954
1970) 5. The Jazz Bass, Multi
Track Recording Technology and Fusion (1970s) 6. Jaco Pastorius: The Electric Jazz Bass Attains Respectability (1976
1985) 7. The Young Lions and the Technological Backlash (1980
1990) 8. Pro Tools, Computers and the Bass (1990
2005) 9. The Future of the Jazz Bassist (2005
2012) Conclusion.