Bill dobbins is professor of jazz studies at the eastman school of music in rochester, new york, where he teaches the jazz composing and arranging courses and directs the award winning eastman jazz ensemble and eastman studio orchestra. On this program, the usually quiet and reserved musical. Jazz arranging and composing by bill dobbins abebooks. Jazz piano transcriptions archive include about 950 piano. The original program contained about 50 jazz standards with the same layout and on screen virtual piano. Sean dobbins organ quartet jazz journey continues with national album release. Jazz funk and contemporary groove tracks play jazz now. When i read what he says in it, it really makes sense, but i cant help but feel that his way of practicing these voicings seems too hard and will not actually do so that i one day can play every type of these voicings whenever i want. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. This approach can be developed in a personal manner through a lifetime without ever exhausting the. The contemporary jazz pianist the contemporary jazz pianist a comprehensive approach to keyboard improvisation. It is not the one they have out right now called the modern jazz pianist.
Onmusic jazz, second edition connect for education. While sean hopes that his profile will rise through this national rerelease of the cd, sean has no plans of leaving the community of ypsilantiann arbor and detroit that has shaped his musical persona. Modern jazz is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. Heres a free and completely legal way to get into jazz with a mp3 library of over tracks for your own private, personal, noncommercial use. The contemporary jazz pianist, volume ii a comprehensive. Techniques of melody harmonization, linear writing, and.
Many different possibilities for harmonizing the same melody are illustrated and analyzed, using techniques by such influential arrangers and composers as duke ellington, billy strayhorn, oliver nelson, gil evans, and clare fischer. Jazz funk and contemporary groove tracks its back to the 1970s with jazz funk trax. Composer bill dobbins is professor of jazz studies and contemporary media at eastman. A comprehensive approach to keyboard improvisation dobbins, bill on. Between the years of 1971 and 1976 the pianist, alongside charlie haden, paul motian and dewey redman, ran some kind of mad laboratory, in which the genres of hard bop, free jazz, world and avantgarde would all come together. As a pianist, he has performed with orchestra and chamber ensembles under the direction of louis lane, pierre boulez, lukas foss and frederick fennell, and he has performed and recorded with such jazz artists as clark terry, al cohn, red mitchell, phil woods, bill goodwin, gary foster, dave liebman, john goldsby and peter erskine. Contemporary jazz pianist 2 from bill dobbins buy now in stretta sheet music shop principles of solo piano playing v. Bill dobbins is an extraordinary jazz pianist with a spectacular ability to convincingly sound like any other jazz pianist. This collection of new music represents several facets of their jazz program, with students demonstrating their skills as composers, arrangers, large ensemble performers, and improvisors. Nin martoize dreizehn digittoe air experimental, electroacoustic, modern jazz. The contemporary jazz pianist, volume ii a comprehensive approach to keyboard improvisation charles colin. Contemporary groove tracks has some fun straight 8th and 16th note jams for practicing your improv basics. Hi everyone, im wondering if anyone has heard of a music program that was put out some years ago by pg music called the jazz pianist for windows. The musical examples and scores are well organized and the analysis is clear and accessible.
Christmas oratorio, with the kings singers and the wdr big band, arranged and conducted by bill dobbins signum classics, balkan jazz, with nicolas simion and the wdr big band, arranged and directed by bill dobbins big band records and composers series solo piano. Bill dobbins sheet music and music books at sheet music plus. This style of jazz ultimately became synonymous with bebop, as either category reached a certain final maturity in the 1960s. I have long known bills unique abilities as a gifted pianist and composer, and i highly recommend this most recent contribution to jazz writers at all levels of experience. The bflat part can be downloaded from the publishers website. Bill dobbins website bill dobbins teaches courses in jazz composing and arranging, gives applied lessons to jazz writing majors, and directs the eastman jazz ensemble and the eastman studio orchestra.
Situated in the heart of downtown rochester, the home of the worldrenowned rochester philharmonic, eastmans stellar faculty, enduring legacy and entrepreneurial edge place our students at the spark point where great. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Watch as bill dobbins demonstrates everyone, from meade lux lewis to earl fatha hines, art tatum, keith jarrett, and cecil taylor. July 7, 2014 on sunday, july 27th, bill dobbins, professor of jazz studies and contemporary media at the renowned eastman school of music and director of the schools jazz ensemble, will perform at becky ogdens bungalow jazz home starting at 7. He ended up as a staff arranger for radio city music hall, working his way up to chief arranger and director of the orchestra. As seans career progressed, he found himself the recipient of many awards and accolades including the woody herman jazz award, an award for outstanding musicianship, as well as the louis. Pages in category american jazz composers the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 571 total. Bill will be joined by local bassist andy woodson and jim rupp on drums.
A comprehensive approach to keyboard improvisation. The faculty of music, university of toronto, is pleased to announce the release of embargo, an album of new music by the university of toronto jazz orchestra. He is now professor of jazz studies and contemporary media, as well as conductor of the eastman jazz ensemble and. Bill evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the postbop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the chord voicing system pianists used. Prior to his arrival at penn state in 2003, hopkins served for six years as. Sean dobbins got his start as soughtafter detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with blue note artist louis smith. A comprehensive approach to keyboard improvisation by bill dobbins. New features on jazzcorner include the jazz video share where you can upload and share jazz and blues videos, jazzcorner jukebox, surf the net with jazz always on, submit your latest jazz news, and check out whats hot at jazzcorners speakeasy, the busiest bulletin board for jazz. Between the years of 1971 and 1976 the pianist, alongside charlie haden, paul motian and dewey redman, ran some kind of mad laboratory, in which the genres of hard. Diatonic seventh chords and their corresponding modes. Bill dobbins contemporary jazz pianist pdf download by. He is now professor of jazz studies and contemporary media, as well as conductor of the eastman jazz ensemble and eastman studio orchestra. Months before pianist vijay iyers historicity became the most talkedabout jazz record of the year, his trio was the very first act on.
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