Charlie Parker, Composer

著者名：Martin, Henry

Oxford University Press（2020/04/16発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780190923389
• eISBN：9780190923402

Description

As a founding father of bebop and brilliant jazz improviser, Charlie Parker has secured a reputation and legacy second to none since his birth nearly 100 years ago. Because of his excellence as an improviser, however, his compositions - while admired and still played - have taken a back seat. In this exciting and timely new volume, author Henry Martin rebalances our understanding of Parker by spotlighting his significance as a jazz composer.Beginning with a review of Parker's life and musical training, Charlie Parker, Composer critically analyzes Parker's compositions, situating them within both his individual musicianship and early bebop style. Proposing that Parker composed up to 84 pieces, Martin examines their development and aesthetic qualities, their similarities and dissimilarities within a range of seven types of jazz composition. Also discussed are eight tunes credited to Parker but never performed by him, along with an evaluation of where - if at all - they fit in his oeuvre. Providing the first assessment of a major jazz composer's output in its entirety, Charlie Parker, Composer offers a thorough reexamination, through music-theoretical, historical, and philosophical lenses, of one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time.

Table of Contents

Table 1Table 2List of Examples and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Jazz Composition and Parker as Jazz ComposerChapter 1: Music Background and Compositional OverviewChapter 2: 32-Bar Rhythm Changes CompositionsChapter 3: Other 32-Bar AABA CompositionsChapter 4: 32-Bar ABAC CompositionsChapter 5: Through-Composed Blues in CChapter 6: Through-Composed Blues in Other KeysChapter 7: 32-Bar Compositions with A Section or Partial A SectionChapter 8: Riff BluesChapter 9: Improvisational Frames with Composed Sections and Non-Standard WorksChapter 10: Summary and AssessmentBibliographyIndex