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Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice.(Book Review)
by Ted Pease; edited by Rick Mattingly. Berklee Press (1140 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215-3693), 2003. 237pp. $39.95.
Unlike thirty years ago, nowadays there are many pedagogical materials devoted to jazz theory, improvisation, voicings, licks, arranging and styles. Add to this the growing number of transcriptions and play-along CDs and it might seem that a jazz student has every conceivable aid to becoming a great jazz musician.
The present book, on the other hand, fills in a gap by addressing the issue of actually writing down that music in every detail--not just coming up with a lead sheet. I cannot think of another book that treats jazz composition so comprehensively, is as practical or refers so richly to jazz literature. Learning how to compose jazz, although subsuming the aforementioned topics, is a separate skill. Ted Pease, who has taught jazz composition at Berklee College of Music since 1964, brings a lifetime's experience to this one volume, which easily could be the text for a college-level two-semester course.
Pease talks about all the elements of composition--antecedent/consequent phrasing, rhythmic texture, harmonic clarity, architectural issues and beyond--but couched ...
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