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Analysis of jazz : a comprehensive approach / Laurent Cugny, translated by Bérengère Mauduit.

Cugny, Laurent, author.; Mauduit, Bérengère, translator.
2019
781.6512 C965a 2019
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Title
Analysis of jazz : a comprehensive approach / Laurent Cugny, translated by Bérengère Mauduit.
Author
Cugny, Laurent, author.
Uniform Title
Analyser le jazz. English
ISBN
9781496821881 hardcover alkaline paper
1496821882 hardcover alkaline paper
9781496821898 paperback alkaline paper
1496821890 paperback alkaline paper
9781496821904 epub single
9781496821911 epub institutional
9781496821928 pdf single
9781496821935 pdf institutional
Published
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the French.
Description
x, 384 pages ; 25 cm.
Call Number
781.6512 C965a 2019
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1061091898
(OCoLC)1061091898
Summary
"Analysis of Jazz: A Comprehensive Approach, originally published in French as 'Analyser le jazz' is available here in English for the first time. In this groundbreaking volume, Laurent Cugny examines and connects the theoretical and methodological processes that underlie all of jazz. Jazz in all its forms has been researched and analyzed by performers, scholars, and critics, and 'Analysis of Jazz' is required reading for any serious study of jazz; but not just musicians and musicologists analyze jazz. All listeners are analysts to some extent. Listening is an active process; it may not involve questioning but it always involves remembering, comparing, and listening again. This book is for anyone who attentively listens to and wants to understand jazz. Divided into three parts, the book focuses on the work of jazz, analytical parameters, and analysis. In part one, Cugny aims at defining what a jazz work is precisely, offering suggestions based on the main features of definition and structure. Part two he dedicates to the analytical parameters of jazz in which a work is performed: harmony, rhythm, form, sound, and melody. Part three takes up the analysis of jazz itself, its history, issues of transcription, and the nature of improvised solos. In conclusion, Cugny addresses the issues of interpretation to reflect on the goals of analysis with regard to understanding the history of jazz and the different cultural backgrounds in which it takes place. 'Analysis of Jazz' presents a detailed inventory of theoretical tools and issues necessary for understanding jazz."--Provided by publisher.
Note
Translated from the French.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
Jazz
The work of jazz
Basic notions
Structuring a work of jazz
Analytical parameters
Harmony 1
general points
Harmony 2
harmonic situations: tonality
Harmony 3
harmonic situations: blues, modality, non-functionality
Rhythm
Form, sound, melody
Analysis
History, theory
Transcription
Procedures 1: analyzing an improvised solo
Procedures 2: theories and methods applied to the analysis of a work of jazz
Interpretations
Conclusion: towards a musical history of jazz.
Added Author
Mauduit, Bérengère, translator.
Series
American made music series.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Cugny, Laurent, author. Analysis of jazz Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
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