Saxophonist John Coltrane composed “Giant Steps” around 1957. What makes Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” unique to other jazz compositions of the day is its quickly moving harmony in the first...
Reviews of Music and Books
Saxophonist John Coltrane composed “Giant Steps” around 1957. What makes Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” unique to other jazz compositions of the day is its quickly moving harmony in the first...
Akin Euba’s work, Yoruba Drumming, provides an extensive ethnography of the dùndún tradition, the most popular style of traditional tension drum performance in the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. In...
John Miller Chernoff’s work, African Rhythm and African Sensibility, is often applauded for attempting to understand African music from an African point of view. As the author states, “Starting...
Paul F. Berliner’s Thinking in Jazz is an excellent example of modern jazz scholarship. Berliner looks at jazz improvisation and group performance from the player’s perspective by incorporating more...
