Teaching music through performance in jazz. Volume 2 / selected by Ronald Carter ; compiled and edited by Richard Miles ; [with contributions by] Randy Brecker, Ronald Carter, Robert Knatt, Thara Memory and Rodney Whitaker.

Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz, Volume 2 is the much-anticipated successor to this acclaimed first book in this series, providing insights of today's top jazz educators and performers as well as invaluable analyses of the best repertoire published for jazz ensembles, from developing to a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brecker, Randy (Author)
Knatt, Robert (Author)
Memory, Thara (Author)
Whitaker, Rodney, 1968- (Author)
Other Authors: Miles, Richard B., 1951- (Editor)
Carter, Ronald, 1953- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : GIA Publications, Inc., [2016]
Subjects:
Jazz > Instruction and study.
Jazz ensemble with band > Instruction and study.
Jazz > Analysis, appreciation.
School music > Instruction and study.
Jazz.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:xxv, 804 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: The teaching of music ; Introduction / by Ronald Carter ; Creative clinic workshop : how to stimulate your individual creative process / Randy Brecker ; Cultural approaches to teaching jazz improvisation / Ronald Carter ; The human art of improvisation / Thara Memory ; Building a successful middle school jazz program / Robert Knatt ; The role of the double bass / Rodney Whitaker
  • Part II: The jazz band ensemble conductor as teacher. Teacher resources guides ; Developing bands ; Intermediate bands ; Advanced bands.