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Analysis of Jazz : A Comprehensive Approach /

"Analysis of Jazz: A Comprehensive Approach, originally published in French as 'Analyser le jazz' is available here in English for the first time. In this groundbreaking volume, Laurent Cugny examines and connects the theoretical and methodological processes that underlie all of jazz....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cugny, Laurent (Author)
Other Authors: Mauduit, Berengere (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Jazz
  • The work of jazz
  • Basic notions
  • Structuring a work of jazz
  • Analytical parameters
  • Harmony 1, general points
  • Harmony 2, harmonic situations: tonality
  • Harmony 3, harmonic situations: blues, modality, non-functionality
  • Rhythm
  • Form, sound, melody
  • Analysis
  • History, theory
  • Transcription
  • Procedures 1: analyzing an improvised solo
  • Procedures 2: theories and methods applied to the analysis of a work of jazz
  • Interpretations
  • Conclusion: towards a musical history of jazz.