VDM Terefenko, D: Keith Jarrett's Transformation of Standard Tun

This book demonstrates the extent to which jazz pianist Keith Jarrett s renditions of standard tunes exploit certain aspects of their phrase and formal structure. Part 1 describes a methodology for explaining the phrase structure and formal design of standard tunes. Chapter 1 shows how standard tunes use a finite number of phrase models and Chapter 2 demonstrates how these phrase models are arranged into prototypical formal plans. Chapter 3 introduces the hexamodal system to provide a taxonomy of available jazz voicings and chord-scale relationships. Part 2 uses the analytical methodology outlined in Part 1 to analyze Keith Jarrett s remarkable approach to jazz improvisation. Chapter 4 focuses on the ways in which he transforms standard tunes. Chapter 5, then, goes on to analyze what appear to be his most sophisticated transformation of jazz standards; his solo introductions. These outstanding improvisations transcend the temporal confines of variation form in the manner of the free fantasia. The book ends with the author s own improvisation of the introduction in Jarrett s style to George Gershwin s Embraceable You. ...