Dear All,
Below a link to my essay “‘I Figure Singing and Playing is the Same’:
Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony’.” Along with my forthcoming book,
CREATING THE JAZZ SOLO: LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND BARBERSHOP HARMONY, I believe
my research can make a substantial contribution to the teaching of jazz,
gospel, blues, soul, and other twentieth century music.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6v3i9y5eWnEhrRvNPEbr/full
For many years we have been able to identify what jazz musicians played,
but not why they played as they did. We have been able to identify “blues
scales,” “altered scales,” “chord substitutions,” and other theoretical
constructs, but we have done so in the absence of any historical relation
as to why these practices occurred. It should now be possible, to develop
a jazz education programme that approaches the music from the same
perspective as the musicians themselves.
In order to reach its potential impact, my research would need to be part
of a research project in conjunction with performance educators to apply
my research to pedagogical practice. I will be very happy to discuss this
further with any interested university or conservatoire.
Best Wishes.
Vic
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Vic Hobson
Southend,
Essex.
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