"Do You Know.?" : The Jazz Repertoire in Action /

Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the performance never begins with a note, but with a question. The trumpet player might turn to the bassist and ask, "Do you know 'Body and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Faulkner, Robert R. (Autor), Becker, Howard S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2009]
Temas:
Ensemble playing.
Jazz musicians.
Jazz > Social aspects.
Performing arts > Repertoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
jazz, music, history, musicology, musicians, repertoire, performance, group dynamics, band, gig work, improvisation, working together, collectivity, brass, audience, memoir, sociology, ethnography, humor, anecdotes, behind the scenes, celebrity, fame, ensemble, performing arts, learning songs, skills, jobbing, bandstand, research, methodology, fieldwork, interviews, memorization, knowledge, nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. How Musicians Make Music Together
  • 2. Repertoire as Activity: The Basic Elements
  • 3. Learning Songs and Building an Individual Repertoire: Sources
  • 4. The Skills You Need to Play the Contents of the Song Reservoir
  • 5. Things Change: The Organization of Musical Life
  • 6. Things Change: The Music
  • 7. On the Stand: Putting Repertoire to Work
  • 8. The Results of Bandstand Dynamics
  • 9. Playing the Repertoire Game: What We Wanted to Know and How We Learned to Ask a Better Question
  • Appendix: How We Did the Research
  • References
  • Index

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