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The artistry of Bheki Mseleku /
Bheki Mseleku is widely considered one of the most accomplished jazz musicians to have emerged from South Africa. His music has a profound significance in recalling and giving emphasis to that aspect of the African American jazz tradition originating in the rhythms and melodies of Africa. The influe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cape Town, South Africa :
African Minds,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part One: Analysis of Compositions
- Chapter 1. Cycles
- 'Cycle' (Celebration)
- 'Melancholy in Cologne' (Star Seeding)
- 'Aja' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- 'Angola' (Celebration)
- Chapter 2. Lineage
- Monk the Priest' (Home at Last)
- 'Through the Years' (Timelessness)
- 'The Messenger' (Celebration)
- 'Supreme Love' (Celebration)
- 'Woody's Tune' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- 'Monk's Move' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- 'Nearer Awakening' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- 'LA Soul Train Blues' (Star Seeding)
- 'The Age of Inner Knowing' (Celebration)
- Chapter 3. Roots
- 'Closer to the Source' (Celebration)
- 'Monwabisi' (Home at Last)
- 'Mbizo' (Home at Last)
- 'Nants' Inkululeko' (Home at Last)
- 'Home at Last' (Home at Last)
- Chapter 4. Blueprints
- 'Mamelodi' (Home at Last)
- 'Adored Value' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- 'Timelessness' (Timelessness)
- 'Blues for Afrika' (Celebration)
- Chapter 5
- Aesthetic
- 'One for All, All for One' (Celebration)
- Part Two: Improvisation. Chapter 6. Considerations for analysis
- The pianist
- Stride
- Bud Powell voicings
- Rootless voicings
- Modal voicings
- Construction of the improvised line
- Symmetrical scales
- Scale rendering
- Bebop phrasing
- Repetition and common property phrases (licks)
- Alternate harmony as source for improvisation
- Chapter 7. Solo transcriptions
- Solo on 'Adored Value' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- Solo on 'Aja' (Beauty of Sunrise)
- Solo on 'Angola' (Celebration)
- Solo on 'Blues for Afrika' (Celebration)
- Solo on 'Home at Last' (Home at Last)
- Solo on 'Mamelodi' (Home at Last)
- Solo on 'Melancholy in Cologne' (Star Seeding)
- Solo on 'Through the Years' (Timelessness)
- Solo on 'Timelessness' (Timelessness)
- Appendix A. The South Bank Show with Melvyn Bragg
- Appendix B. Transcriptions of compositions
- 'Adored Value'
- 'Aja'
- 'Angola'
- 'Blues for Afrika'
- 'Closer to the Source'
- 'Cycle'
- 'Home at Last'
- 'LA Soul Train Blues'
- 'Mamelodi'
- 'Mbizo'
- 'Melancholy in Cologne'
- 'Monk the Priest'
- 'Monk's Move'
- 'Monwabisi'
- 'Nants' Inkululeko'
- 'Nearer Awakening'
- 'One for All, All for One'
- 'Supreme Love' (Dedicated to John Coltrane)
- 'The Age of Inner Knowing'
- 'The Messenger' (Dedicated to Bud Powell)
- 'Through the Years' (Lyrics: Abbey Lincoln)
- 'Timelessness'
- 'Woody's Tune.'