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COMPARING TRADITIONAL AND MODERN TRENDS IN JAZZ IMPROVISATION

Johnson, Ryan M.2020

… by Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Herbie Hancock, Yohan Kim, and Cory Henry. The older transcriptions showcase classic chord-scale relations, diatonic chord harmony, consistent rhythms with spacious phrasing, and recalled material. The newer transcriptions consist more of dense …

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Imaginings of Africa in the music of Miles Davis

McNulty, Ryan SUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

… by looking specifically at the music of Herbie Hancock, one of his most prolific and successful protégés. In terms of both Davis and Hancock, I argue that their music incorporates imaginings of Africa in ways both new and consistent with those deployed by the likes of Blakey, Roach, …

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I HAVE A DREAM: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JAZZ MUSIC WRITTEN AND PERFORMED IN RESPONSE TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION

Bratcher, Paul2025

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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.

McEvoy, David2014

Herbie Hancock’s influential recordings 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 …

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