1. Jazz Improvisation: Theory, Analysis, Context, and Process, Musical Roles and Behaviours, Musical Relationships within the Rhythm Section 2. Harmony and Interaction, Basic Harmonic Interaction, Figuring the Blues, Generating Jazz Harmony 3. Form and Interaction, Turnarounds and Breaks, Common Forms 4. Breaking Down the Boundaries: Steps Toward Free Jazz, Bill Evans’s "Autumn Leaves", Miles Davis’s "Flamenco Sketches", Ornette Coleman’s "Chronology", "Free Jazz" and "Ascension", Coda, Endnotes, Recordings Cited
Biography
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.
