Keith Jarrett's Transformation of Standard Tunes : Theory, Analysis and Pedagogy

ISBN-13: 9783639133684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 356 str.

Dariusz Terefenko

Opis

This book demonstrates the extent to which jazzpianist Keith Jarrett s renditions of standardtunes exploit certain aspects of their phrase andformal structure. Part 1 describes a methodology forexplaining the phrase structure and formal design ofstandard tunes. Chapter 1 shows how standard tunesuse a finite number of phrase models and Chapter 2demonstrates how these phrase models are arrangedinto prototypical formal plans. Chapter 3 introducesthe hexamodal system to provide a taxonomy ofavailable jazz voicings and chord-scalerelationships. Part 2 uses the analytical methodologyoutlined in Part 1 to analyze Keith Jarrett sremarkable approach to jazz improvisation. Chapter 4focuses on the ways in which he transforms standardtunes. Chapter 5, then, goes on to analyze whatappear to be his most sophisticated transformation ofjazz standards; his solo introductions. Theseoutstanding improvisations transcend the temporalconfines of variation form in the manner of the free fantasia. The book ends with the author s ownimprovisation of the introduction in Jarrett s styleto George Gershwin s Embraceable You.

O autorze

Dariusz Terefenko holds a PhD in music theory from the
Eastman School of Music. As a jazz pianists and clinician, he
gives lecture-recitals on jazz piano styles, baroque and jazz
improvisation throughout North America and Europe. Currently, he
is Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at
Eastman School of Music, USA.