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Jazz Arranging and Performance Practice: A Guide for Small Ensembles - Hardcover

Rinzler, Paul E.

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Synopsis

A compendium of arranging techniques for the small jazz ensemble emphasizing their essential relationship to performance practice. Some 100 musical examples demonstrate the techniques applied to 147 jazz standards and modern compositions, many transcribed from recordings by jazz artists. For students, educators, and professional musicians. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Paul Rinzler (Doctor of Arts, University of Northern Colorado) teaches music theory and jazz studies classes at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has played jazz piano professionally for many years and was recently awarded an NEA jazz performance grant. His big band compositions are published by Walrus publishing, and his articles on jazz have appeared in the New Grove's Dictionary of Jazz and the Annual Review of Jazz Studies.

Review

...an excellent addition to the literature on jazz instruction. (Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association)

...detailed but concise...this thoroughly researched and clearly written book will be accessible to students and public library patrons with some technical background. (CHOICE)

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