1st Edition
Artistic Research in Jazz Positions, Theories, Methods
Artistic Research in Jazz: An Introduction
Michael Kahr
Part I: Improvisation, Theory, and History
1. Improvising Artistic Research
Marcel Cobussen
2. Improvising Touch: Musical Improvisation Considered as a Tactile Practice
Vincent Meelberg
3. Mapping Jazz’s Affect: Implications for Music Theory and Analysis
Chris Stover
4. Artistic Research in Jazz: Historical Contexts
Michael Kahr
Part II: Institutional and Pedagogical Considerations
5. Wordplay: Negotiating the Conservatory ‘Culture Clash’
Petter Frost Fadnes
6. The Lessons of Jazz: What We Teach When We Teach Jazz in College
Tracy McMullen
7. It Don’t Mean a Thing Without My Web Fan Base Thing: A Dance of Cultural Relevancy in Jazz Education Culture Today
William C. Banfield
Part III: Specific Projects
8. Silent Groove, Frames and Applied Improvisation in Miles Davis’ "Shhh/Peaceful" and austraLYSIS’ "Silent Waves": Practice-led Research Beckons to Research-led Practice
Roger T. Dean
9. Analysis and Observations of Pre-learnt and Idiosyncratic Elements in Improvisation: A Methodology for Artistic Research in Jazz
Robert L. Burke
10. Articulating Musical Practice and Research: Notes on a South African Recording Project
Marc Duby
11. Embodied Hope: An Empathically Creative Approach to Contemporary Jazz
Andrew Bain
Biography
Michael Kahr is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Jazz at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria as well as Dean of Music Faculty and Head of Master Studies at the Jam Music Lab University in Vienna, Austria.
