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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Jazz Piano"”.
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Analytical Insights of Personal Compositions for Jazz Piano Trio
… pattern which also utilizes traditional latin-jazz elements."
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The jazz piano style : a comparative study of bebop, post-bebop and modern players
The study embraces a need to document the jazz piano style through analytical representation of key players in the jazz tradition. While there are several educational books outlining method, there is little material discussing jazz style in the context of influential piano players. Educator and …
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Perspectives on teaching jazz piano "comping" in the college music program with sample instructional units
… and develop instructional units for teaching jazz piano comping to collegiate music students possessing basic piano skills but limited experience in jazz performance. In establishing bases and rationale for the instructional units, a number of issues were considered. These issues were (1) the …
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Self-accompaniment and improvisation in solo jazz piano: Practice-led investigations of assimilation, ostinatos and ‘hand splitting’
… investigates the crafting of approaches to solo jazz piano performance. Through a study and application of assimilation techniques derived from a range of different music styles, a series of self-accompaniments were devised. In addition, the process of developing improvisational facility over …
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An analysis of selected improvisations by Andrew Hill and the development of progressive jazz piano, 1959-2005
… made significant contributions to the jazz idiom during the nearly fifty years he recorded, however his compositions and improvisational style have yet to be explored in great depth. His unique style, filled with rhythmic irregularities, harmonic dissonance and abrupt shifts in mood, …
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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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Improvising pianists : aspects of keyboard technique and musical structure in free jazz - 1955-1980
The jazz avant-garde of the 60s and 70s has often been depicted as a movement that signalled the end of jazz as we had come to know it, a movement of unbridled musical energy and passion without the essential restraining influences of formal guidelines and reverence for - traditions. With the …
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Master's recital: Luke Sanders
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