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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"jazz artists"”.
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An exploration of the gender and sexual dynamics for women performers in the Cape Town jazz community
… and power for women performers within the jazz community in Cape Town. Although the history and development of South African jazz has been extensively researched, very few texts mention the presence and impact of women performers and has yet to include how questions of gender, power and …
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Improvisation: narrative and character techniques in jazz pedagogy
… and discovers how they can be applied to jazz improvisation pedagogy. Improvised character and narrative are addressed from a theatrical standpoint and techniques are demonstrated to be easily relatable to jazz. The author proposes some techniques for use by educators of jazz improvisation …
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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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Rock Becomes Jazz: Interpretations of Popular Music by Improvising Artists in the 1960s
The advent of rock and roll changed the jazz world’s relationship to itself and its musical public. The popularity of jazz, in decline since the rise of bebop in the mid-1940s, was further eroded by rock and roll’s rise to prominence in the mid-1950s. By the mid-1960s, the jazz world seemed to be …
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Signifying on the Greeks: the use of rhetorical devices in jazz improvisation analysis
… the principles and devices of rhetoric to jazz improvisation analysis. Taken from both Western and Afrological sources, approximately four dozen rhetorical devices are defined, translated into musical figures, and applied to the transcribed solos of six jazz artists. These musicians, Lester …
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Music Inspired by the Works of Robert Frost
… music, much of it is informed by my study of jazz. Musical ideas from some of my favorite jazz artists including Billy Strayhorn, Django Reinhardt, and Coleman Hawkins are echoed throughout these pieces. Electronic musical introductions/interludes featuring both hardware and software synths …
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Expressing South African musical sensibilities In Jazz: the cultural relevance of John Coltrane and the musical impact of Mccoy Tyner
… quartet sound” is tightly linked with the modal jazz sub-style and is marked by members' contributions such as Tyner's distinct minor, quartal and suspended harmonic voicings, Jones's extensive use of cross rhythms and dynamic intensity, Garrison's rhythmic drive and Coltrane's unique timbre on …
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Key success factors in managing the visitor experience at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival
… festivals such as the Cape Town International Jazz Festival. As a result of the fast growing pace of festivals, it has become crucial for a festival to sustain itself in the market place to stay competitive. The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (the Jazz Festival) is a fast growing music …
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The Independent Turn in Soviet-Era Russian Poetry: How Dmitry Bobyshev, Joseph Brodsky, Anatoly Naiman and Evgeny Rein Became the 'Avvakumites' of Leningrad
… rhythms and themes: the Voice of America's radio jazz program, Music USA, hosted by Willis Conover. Beyond showing how the Avvakumites incorporated jazz rhythms and themes into their poetry, I argue that Conover's interviews with jazz artists conveyed to the Avvakumites and their generation an …