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Charlie Parker, Composer reexamines the renowned jazz improviser as a composer in his own right, assessing 84 of his original works with a focus on their aesthetic qualities and historical context.
List of contents
- Table 1
- Table 2
- List of Examples and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Jazz Composition and Parker as Jazz Composer
- Chapter 1: Music Background and Compositional Overview
- Chapter 2: 32-Bar Rhythm Changes Compositions
- Chapter 3: Other 32-Bar AABA Compositions
- Chapter 4: 32-Bar ABAC Compositions
- Chapter 5: Through-Composed Blues in C
- Chapter 6: Through-Composed Blues in Other Keys
- Chapter 7: 32-Bar Compositions with A Section or Partial A Section
- Chapter 8: Riff Blues
- Chapter 9: Improvisational Frames with Composed Sections and Non-Standard Works
- Chapter 10: Summary and Assessment
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Henry Martin is Professor of Music at Rutgers University in Newark. He is a composer, music theorist, and pianist with a long list of compositions, articles, books, and performances. He is the author of Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation (1996), Counterpoint: A Species Approach Based on Schenker's Counterpoint (2005), and Jazz: The First 100 Years (co-authored with Keith Waters, 2014). His articles and reviews have appeared in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Perspectives of New Music, among many others.
Summary
Charlie Parker, Composer reexamines the renowned jazz improviser as a composer in his own right, assessing 84 of his original works with a focus on their aesthetic qualities and historical context.
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Encyclopedic in scope, scrupulously researched and brilliantly discussed, Professor Martin's magnum opus is a perfect gift on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Charlie Parker's birth and an invaluable resource for many admirers of his compositional art.
