All Outputs (5)

Composing for improvisers : information flow, collaborative composition and individual freedom in large ensembles (2019)
Thesis
Freed, M. (2019). Composing for improvisers : information flow, collaborative composition and individual freedom in large ensembles. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222576

Rooted in the lineages of European ‘free’ improvisation, jazz, the New York ‘Downtown’ scene, Chicago’s AACM, and various ‘indeterminate’ approaches, this research project deals with the creation and evaluation of a portfolio of compositions, each of... Read More about Composing for improvisers : information flow, collaborative composition and individual freedom in large ensembles.

Watching jazz: Encounters with jazz performance on screen (2016)
Book
Elsdon, P. (2016). B. Heile, P. Elsdon, & J. Doctor (Eds.). Watching jazz: Encounters with jazz performance on screen. New York: Oxford University Press

Watching Jazz: Encounters with Jazz Performance on Screen is the first systematic study of jazz on screen media. Where earlier studies have focused almost entirely on the role and portrayal of jazz in Hollywood film, the present book engages with a p... Read More about Watching jazz: Encounters with jazz performance on screen.

Framing jazz: thoughts on representation and embodiment (2016)
Book Chapter
Elsdon, P. (2016). Framing jazz: thoughts on representation and embodiment. In B. Heile, P. Elsdon, & J. Doctor (Eds.), Watching jazz: Encounters with jazz performance on screen (37-56). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199347650.003.0002

Abstract: Audiovisual representations of jazz performances provide us with more information than audio recordings. The camera not only allows us access to music performances, it also constructs vantage points by framing its subjects in specific ways.... Read More about Framing jazz: thoughts on representation and embodiment.

Rebecoming analogue : groove, breakbeats and sampling (2015)
Thesis
Oliver, R. A. (2015). Rebecoming analogue : groove, breakbeats and sampling. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218015

In this thesis I address two related questions: how does groove work in breakbeats, and how might it enable musical participation across time and space? In order to do this, I analyse breakbeats as they are heard in their original funk context and... Read More about Rebecoming analogue : groove, breakbeats and sampling.

Pathways in the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: from precursor works to the first two symphonies (2011)
Thesis
Phillips, J. P. N. (2011). Pathways in the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: from precursor works to the first two symphonies. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212940

This thesis presents analyses of the first and second symphonies of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. It starts with an introductory part consisting of two chapters outlining the overall structure of what follows and describing four features and a number of... Read More about Pathways in the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: from precursor works to the first two symphonies.