Essays about: "jazz"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 57 essays containing the word jazz.

1. 21. Seduced by (a) last year : Interdisciplinary Music Motivated by Non-Idiomatic Improvisation, The Non-Productive Attitude, and Pluralist Aesthetics

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

   Author : Andreas Hiroui Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : interdisciplinary music motivated by art and philosophy; personal narrative; metaphor; non-idiomatic improvisation; the non-productive attitude; pluralist aesthetics; performative writing;

   Abstract : In my master’s project I investigated an interdisciplinary musical practice based on my artistic and educational background in art, music and philosophy. I chose one concept per discipline: non-idiomatic improvisation from the field of music, the non-productive attitude from art, and pluralist aesthetics from philosophy. READ MORE

3. 22. The different shapes of my music. Three compositions, four arrangements, four ensembles.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Aleksis Liukko; [2019-10-02]
   Keywords : jazz; composing; arranging; jazz piano trio; string quartet; tabla; bass clarinet; big band; piano;

   Abstract : In this thesis I describe the process of composing three jazz compositions, arranging them to four different settings and performing them during my stay in Gothenburg. The four settings are traditional jazz piano trio (piano, upright bass, drums), strings quartet with piano, piano trio (piano, bass clarinet, tabla) and big band. READ MORE

4. 23. Like dreams of mine

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

   Author : Jonathan Stribrny; [2019]
   Keywords : Jazz;

   Abstract : In this project Jonathan Stribrny has composed and recorded music for his quintet focusing on finding his own voice as a composer. The music was recorded at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm. The purpuse of the project was to develope a characteristic sound as a composer and discover new ways for himself as a soloist. READ MORE

5. 24. A Journey Greater Than You Think, Unknown in Its Details, But More Loving Than Nostalgia : -An Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2019]
   Keywords : Fitzgerald; Gatsby; Identity; Ideology; Culture; Society; American society; Jazz Age; 1920s; Public; Private; Class;

   Abstract : Abstract This essay is an analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and it explores how identity and ideology always exist in a context of time. The American 1920s society was influenced by theories brought by Marxism, Albert Einstein and Freud. READ MORE

6. 25. Putting Jazz on the Page : "The Weary Blues" and "Jazztet Muted" by Langston Hughes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Ralph Hertzberg McKnight; [2019]
   Keywords : Langston Hughes; “The Weary Blues”; “JAZZTET MUTED”; the blues; jazz; Harlem; be-bop; the “Jazz-Age”; African-American history; “jazz poetry”;

   Abstract : The goal of this essay is to look at the poems “The Weary Blues” and “JAZZTETMUTED” (hereafter to be referred to as “JAZZTET”) by Langston Hughes andexamine their relationships to both the blues and jazz structurally, lyrically, andthematically. I examine the relationship of blues and jazz to the African-Americancommunity of Harlem, New York in the 1920’s and the 1950’s when the poems wererespectively published. READ MORE