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Robert Hodson - Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz - 9780415976817 - V9780415976817
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Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz

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Description for Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz paperback. Offers a way to listen to and understand jazz. This work explores the process of player interaction in jazz, and the role this interaction plays in creating improvised music, including: jazz improvisation through theory and analysis; musical roles, behaviours and relationships; and harmony, interaction and performance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 137 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.

Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz Performance offers a new and exciting way to listen to and understand jazz. When describing a performance, most jazz writers focus on the improvised lines of the soloist and their underlying harmonic progressions. This approach overlooks the basic fact that when you listen to jazz, you almost never hear a single line, but rather a musical fabric woven by several musicians in real time. While it is often pragmatic to single out an individual solo line, it is important to remember that an improvised solo is but one thread in that fabric; and it ... Read more

Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz Performance explores the process of player interaction in jazz, and the role this interaction plays in creating improvised music, including:

  • jazz improvisation through theory and analysis
  • musical roles, behaviours and relationships
  • harmony, interaction and performance

Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz Performance will appeal to students of jazz history, composition, and performance, as well as to the general jazz audience.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415976817
SKU
V9780415976817
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Robert Hodson
Robert Hodson is Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College, where he teaches music theory and composition. He has previously held teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State University, and has taught courses in music theory, musicianship, keyboard skills, jazz improvisation as well as private piano and jazz piano lessons. He has presented research at the annual ... Read more

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