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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Contemporary Jazz"”.
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Re-centering Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Contemporary Jazz Bass
… indigenous music and performance practices into contemporary jazz using the double bass and bass guitar as tools for mediation. It specifically investigates the Southern African and the Middle-Eastern regions via the Indian Ocean connection. This project combines performance and ethnography (Wong …
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Phrasing and polyrhythm in contemporary jazz guitar: a portfolio of recorded performances and exegesis.
… the use of rhythmic devices by two pivotal contemporary jazz guitarists, John Abercrombie and Gilad Hekselman. An in depth examination of phrasing (Chapter One) and polyrhythm (Chapter Two) are underpinned by transcriptions by the author of Abercrombie's Straight Flight (1979), Hekselman's …
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Holistic influence on contemporary jazz vocal improvisation with reference to the works of Gloria Cooper and Kitty Margolis.
… techniques and teaching approach of two jazz vocalists from different social, educational and musical backgrounds in the United States of America, the hope is to achieve a greater understanding of and confirm the factors which play important roles in the vocalist's improvement of …
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Aspects of Herbie Hancock’s pre-electric improvisational language and their application in contemporary jazz performance: a portfolio of recorded performances and exegesis.
… from his pre-electric era, 1961-1968, display a jazz piano style that contains a unique combination of musical elements. This submission for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Music Performance investigates the ways in which Hancock’s improvisational language of this era can successfully be …
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Gendered Representations of Jazz Vocal Artists: A Critical Discourse Analysis of CD and Performance Reviews, and Interviews
This study of contemporary jazz discourse and gender applies the techniques of critical discourse analysis, inspired by M.A.K. Halliday's systemic functional linguistics and Norman Fairclough's qualitative critical discourse analysis, to explicate the unequal distribution of power in society as …
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GYPSY SPIRIT SUITE: AN ORIGINAL JAZZ MANOUCHE COMPOSITION FOR LARGE ENSEMBLE
<p>This thesis presents an original jazz manouche musical composition, <em>Gypsy Spirit Suite</em>, arranged for a large ensemble comprising winds, horns, strings, guitar, cimbalom, vibraphone, and percussion. The composition integrates jazz manouche (gypsy jazz) elements, such as chromatic passing …
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Last Snow: An Analysis of an Original Electronic Music Suite
… in a genre that most closely approximates a contemporary jazz style with electronic elements and shifting meters. While there are clear examples of imitative synthesis within the work, many abstract examples of a more diffuse, impressionistic bent are also discernible. Much of the programming …
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Metamorphosis: An Original Jazz Guitar Concerto Exploring Improvisation and Polystylistic Strategies in the Modern Concerto
… guitar concerti are written for improvised jazz guitar, therefore presenting a need for this research. In this thesis, I explore the development of the jazz guitar concerto and nine compositional strategies that benefit composers writing a multi-genre jazz guitar concerto. I analyze selected …
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The jazz vocal art of Kurt Elling : lessons for South African singers
The dissertation researches the contemporary jazz vocalist Kurt Elling. His background, performing career and successes are explored before his artistry as a performer and pedagogue are examined in detail. A personal Skype lesson and a personal interview form part of the research material. Elling’s …
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Mode Three of the Modes of Limited Transposition: A Model for Application in Jazz Improvisation and Composition
… from The Modes of Limited Transposition within a jazz context. While several of the accompanying modes from this set are very familiar within the jazz world, Mode Three is on the periphery. It is not part of the mainstream canon of jazz scales and there is no clarity on its function or use in …
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Transforming musical performance: activating the audience as digital collaborators
… within the wide stylistic framework of contemporary jazz. It also studies the potential for the creation of compositional, technological and performance protocols to enable successful Interactive Musical Participation. This has been achieved through a process of mapping the methodology …
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Polymodality, counterpoint, and heptatonic synthetic scales in jazz composition; and its application in an original piece "Polymodal Jazz Suite for Quartet”
… combined with heptatonic synthetic scales in jazz composition. The research concentrates on three main areas: polymodality, as developed by Western art composers of the first half of the twentieth century; jazz counterpoint; and heptatonic synthetic scales. The last chapter of the dissertation …
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Nostalgia, landscape, and social criticism in Brooklyn Babylon: a contemporary theatrical work by jazz composer Darcy James Argue and media artist Danijel Žeželj
… Babylon, a 2011 theatrical presentation by jazz composer Darcy James Argue and visual artist Danijel Žeželj, for musical elements related to contemporary expressions of nostalgia, landscape, and social criticism. Brooklyn Babylon is a silent animated film with a soundtrack performed by …