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Welcome to the library subject guide for Jazz Improv III: Post-bop and Beyond. This library guide was created to assist in your searching and locating jazz related materials (lead sheets, method books, literature, and CDs) and available technology and equipment that will assist you in your assignments, understanding, and continued exploration of improvisation. The search tips, databases, and recommendations found in this guide can apply to finding materials in other jazz courses.
What is in this guide?
Use the side navigation tab to lead you to the following:
- Searching the Library Catalog: Learn to search the library catalog for jazz related materials by familarizing yourself with the Library of Congress call number system, using subject headings, and other search tips.
- Best Databases for Jazz: Access Jazz Discography and Qwest, two online resources for jazz and learn how to use the resources.
- Reading Recommendations: View a short list of reading recommendations including magazines, memoirs, and books.
- Listening & Composing or Arranging: Free listening and compositional resources available in the Wilson Music Library.
- Loanable Equipment at the Music Library: a link to a guide showing available audio and video equipment available for checkout at the Wilson Music Library.
Class Resources
Postbop Jazz in The 1960s by Call Number: ML3508 .W39 2019Innovations in postbop jazz compositions of the 1960s occurred in several dimensions, including harmony, form, and melody. Postbop jazz composers such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea broke with earlier tonal jazz traditions. Their compositions marked a departure from the techniques of jazz standards and original compositions that defined small-group repertory through the 1950s: single-key orientation, schematic 32-bar frameworks (in AABA or ABAC forms), and tonal harmonic progressions. The book develops analytical pathways through a number of compositions, including "El Gaucho," "Penelope," "Pinocchio," "Face of the Deep" (Shorter); "King Cobra," "Dolphin Dance," "Jessica" (Hancock); "Windows," "Inner Space," "Song of the Wind" (Corea); as well as "We Speak" (Little); "Punjab" (Henderson); "Beyond All Limits" (Shaw). These case studies offer ways to understand their harmonic syntax, melodic and formal designs, and general principles of harmonic substitution. By locating points of contact among these postbop techniques-and by describing their evolution from previous tonal jazz practices-the book illustrates the syntactic changes that emerged during the 1960s.
Jam Sessions & Jazz Venues in Nashville
Jam Sessions
- Living Waters Brewing: first Wednesday of every month
- Americano Lounge: 3rd Thursday of every month
- Rudy's Jazz Room: every Sunday evening
- Villager Tavern: every Monday from 11:00-2:00am
Jazz Venues
- Rudy's Jazz Room - 809 Gleaves St. Nashville, TN 37203
- Nashville Jazz Workshop - 1012 Buchanan Street, Nashville, TN 37208
- Sambuca - 601 12th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203
- Sinatra's - 222 4th Avenue N, Nashville, TN
- The Authentique: Friday & Saturday - 925 Gallatin Ave, Nashville TN
