Do you know-- ? : the jazz repertoire in action / Robert R. Faulkner and Howard S. Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, Robert R.

Contributor:

Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Social aspects.

Jazz.

Jazz musicians.

Ensemble playing.

Performing arts--Repertoire.

Performing arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the performance never begins with a note, but with a question. The trumpet player might turn to the bassist and ask, "Do you know 'Body and Soul'?"-and from there the subtle craft of playing the jazz repertoire is tested in front of a live audience. These ordinary musicians may never have played together-they may never have met-so how do they smoothly put on a show without getting booed offstage.In "Do You Know . . . ?"</

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. How Musicians Make Music Together

2. Repertoire as Activity: The Basic Elements

3. Learning Songs and Building an Individual Repertoire: Sources

4. The Skills You Need to Play the Contents of the Song Reservoir

5. Things Change: The Organization of Musical Life

6. Things Change: The Music

7. On the Stand: Putting Repertoire to Work

8. The Results of Bandstand Dynamics

9. Playing the Repertoire Game: What We Wanted to Know and How We Learned to Ask a Better Question

Appendix: How We Did the Research

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612422386

9781282422384

1282422383

9780226239224

0226239225

OCLC:

464667079