1st Edition
Bowed Strings in 20th-Century Jazz in the United States It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got Those Strings
Introduction
Chapter 1 Smith Faces South and a Not-So-Average Joe: Violins in Jazz from 1900 to 1950
Chapter 2 Saxes and Violins: Violins in Jazz from 1950 to 2000
Chapter 3 This Ain’t No Viola Joke
Chapter 4 Jazz Cellobration
Chapter 5 Alone Together: Stand-Alone Jazz String Quartets
Chapter 6 String Theory or Creative Chaos: Eclectic Groups Including Bowed Strings
Bibliography
Selected Discography
Biography
Sonya R. Lawson holds a Ph.D. in music history with a supporting area in viola performance from the University of Oregon and an M.M. in viola performance from the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation presented a history of strings in jazz, and her other research interests are cognitive musicology and innovations in music history pedagogy. Dr. Lawson was a principal violist of the Tennessee Philharmonic and an assistant principal of the Cheyenne Symphony and has played in many orchestras. As a member of The Knotty Ensemble avant-garde chamber group, she has released two CDs on the Third Rail label.
