Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in Jazz

This book offers a new and exciting way to listen to and understand jazz as it explores the process of player interaction in jazz, and the role this interaction plays in creating improvised music.

Author: Robert Hodson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/18/2007
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.44w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780415976817

About the Author

Robert Hodson is Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College, where he teaches music theory and composition. He has previously held teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State University, and has taught courses in music theory, musicianship, keyboard skills, jazz improvisation as well as private piano and jazz piano lessons. He has presented research at the annual conferences of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, and has published in Jazz Research Proceedings. As an active jazz performer, Robert has performed with many great musicians including trumpeter Marcus Belgrave and bassist Richard Davis.