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Postbop Jazz in the 1960s: The Compositions of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea

Postbop Jazz in the 1960s: The Compositions of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea

Waters, Keith

Hardcover

Music Instruction: GeneralJazzMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0190604573
ISBN13: 9780190604578
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 23 2019
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Innovations in postbop jazz compositions of the 1960s occurred in several dimensions, including harmony, form, and melody. Postbop jazz composers such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea broke with earlier tonal jazz traditions. Their compositions marked a departure from the techniques of jazz standards and original compositions that defined small-group repertory through the 1950s: single-key orientation, schematic 32-bar frameworks (in AABA or ABAC forms), and tonal harmonic progressions. The book develops analytical pathways through a number of compositions, including El Gaucho, Penelope, Pinocchio, Face of the Deep (Shorter); King Cobra, Dolphin Dance, Jessica (Hancock); Windows, Inner Space, Song of the Wind (Corea); as well as We Speak (Little); Punjab (Henderson); Beyond All Limits (Shaw). These case studies offer ways to understand their harmonic syntax, melodic and formal designs, and general principles of harmonic substitution. By locating points of contact among these postbop techniques-and by describing their evolution from previous tonal jazz practices-the book illustrates the syntactic changes that emerged during the 1960s.

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