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

Rinzler, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810836890 ISBN 13: 9780810836891

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1999

Synopsis

Unlike most jazz arranging books, which focus on the rudiments of arranging (transposition, ranges, notation, and so forth), this book deals with the real substance of arranging for small jazz ensembles, in addition to the rudiments. Rinzler devotes a chapter to each of the following arranging elements: intros, endings, accents/breaks/dynamics, time and tempo changes, style changes, form, rhythm section procedure, harmony and orchestration. Over a hundred musical examples demonstrate arranging techniques that apply to 147 jazz standards and modern compositions.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810836890
• ISBN 13: 9780810836891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180