Dave Brubeck, Improv and Compositions: Cultural Exchange

Dave Brubeck: . Improvisations and Compositions: The Idea of Cultural Exchange

The pianist and composer Dave Brubeck represents the idea of cultural exchange as a basis for musical inter-cultural communication. He commbines European concert music, as well as so-called non-European music, with acculturated jazz music. He also has a special interest in the integration of improvisation and composition. Occupying a large innovative space in Brubeck's sonoric harmonies are block chords, and, in the metric-rhythmic sphere, the «time experiments» with asymmetrical rhythms: «Essentially I'm a composer who plays the piano» (Brubeck). This book is a detailed survey of his improvisations, compositions and recordings.

The Authors: Ilse Storb studied Music Education at the Cologne Conservatory as well as Musicology and Romance Languages at both the University of Cologne and the Sorbonne. She obtained her Ph.D. in 1966 researching Claude Debussy's piano music. Professor Storb founded, together with Joe Viera, a «Jazz Lab» for music educators and authored a jazz book for schools. In 1982, she was appointed Professor of «Systematic Musicology - including Jazz Research» at the University of Duisburg. Ilse Storb has also organized three international conventions for jazz education and improvised music, produced a record with the members of the «Jazz Lab» and written a book about Louis Armstrong.
Klaus-Gotthard Fischer was born in Berlin 1939. He studied Physics at Bonn University and obtained his Ph.D. researching the theory of solid-state magnetism. He is Director of the Center for Audio-visual Media at the University of Duisburg.
Bert Thompson is a renowned bassist who has worked with, among others, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Lionel Hampton. He is also a professional translator.

1994, paperback, 317 pagina's, gelezen, goede kwaliteit