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

by Henry Martin

Keith Waters, Gene Anderson, Steven Strunk, James Lincoln Collier, Geoffrey L. Collier, Steve Larson, David Liebman, James Kurzdorfer, and Tim Dean-Lewis

Now in paperback! 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. The articles offer a close analysis of a wide variety of jazz styles and span the years from the 1920s to the 1960s. Feature articles include analyses of the music of Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, an overview of jazz theory that examines its history and purpose, a discussion of linear intervallic patterns in the jazz repertory, and a review of scientific analyses of jazz microrhythms. Of great interest to jazz theorists, performers, educators and critics.

• ISBN10: 0810849739
• ISBN13: 9780810849730
• Publish Date: 21 October 2004
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Scarecrow Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 300
• Language: English