Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation

By: Henry Martin

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Paperback | 1 January 1996

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Martin provides a new overall assessment of the importance of Charlie Parker through an analysis of his improvisations in a variety of genres. Earlier studies of Parker argue that his style is based on an extensive network of melodic formulas that are combined to create solos. Because the same formulas appear throughout his improvisations regardless of the theme, these studies concluded that the solos do not usually relate to the original melodies. Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation provides a much-needed reassessment by showing that Parker''s solos are often related to the original themes in unexpected and sometimes ingenious ways. The conclusion sums up features of Parker''s style and discusses his contribution in the context of Western music history. Numerous transcriptions are provided. This groundbreaking technical study will be of interest to musicologists and serious students of jazz.

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...in-depth and closely analytical...an essential addition to the collection of anyone interested in creative improvised music from a musicological point of view.--Cadence Magazine

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Editor's Foreword	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Formula and Thematic Improvisation	p. 1
Transcriptions	p. 5
Improvisation and Linear Theory	p. 9
Strophic Form and Harmonic Prolongation	p. 9
Voice-leading Models	p. 13
Larger-scale Structure and Thematic Patterns	p. 20
Types of Thematic Patterns	p. 32
Thematic Pattern, Motive and Formula in Improvisation	p. 34
Rhythm Changes	p. 41
Rhythm Changes as a Formal Model	p. 41
Red Cross	p. 42
Red Cross--Original Melody	p. 42
Red Cross--Take 1	p. 44
Red Cross--Take 2	p. 47
Shaw 'Nuff	p. 48
Shaw 'Nuff--Original Melody	p. 48
Shaw 'Nuff--Improvisation	p. 51
Shaw 'Nuff--Other Improvisational Features	p. 54
Thriving on a Riff	p. 57
Thriving on a Riff--Original Melody	p. 58
Thriving on a Riff--Take 1	p. 59
Thriving on a Riff--Take 3	p. 61
Crazeology	p. 64
Wee	p. 66
Lester Leaps In	p. 68
Popular Song	p. 71
Embraceable You	p. 71
Embraceable You--Original Melody	p. 71
Embraceable You--Take 1	p. 72
Embraceable You--Take 2	p. 78
Just Friends	p. 82
Just Friends--Original Melody	p. 83
Just Friends--Studio Improvisation	p. 84
Just Friends--Cafe Society ("Pop")	p. 89
Cherokee and Koko	p. 93
Star Eyes	p. 95
The Blues	p. 99
Cool Blues	p. 100
Perhaps	p. 102
Au Privave	p. 105
Blues for Alice	p. 105
Bongo Bop	p. 106
Now's the Time	p. 107
Cheryl	p. 107
Parker's Mood	p. 107
Master Soloist	p. 111
General Style Considerations	p. 111
Quotation	p. 114
Other Issues in Thematic Reference	p. 114
Formula and Its Ramifications	p. 115
Thematic Reference	p. 115
Parallels in Oral-Epic Poetry	p. 121
Literacy and its Role in the Jazz Tradition	p. 122
Large-Scale Impact on Contemporary Music	p. 125
Parker's Balance of Formula and Traditional Western Values	p. 128
Works Cited	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 131
Discography	p. 133
Notes	p. 135
Index	p. 151
About the Author	p. 155
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