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Upcoming Academic Events in Philosophy of Jazz[edit]
- "The Complexity of Defining Jazz" colloquium at Northern Arizona University, March 31, 2016
- "Another talk on jazz somewhere"
Fields of Philosophy[edit]
Critical Materials[edit]
PowerPoint Downloads[edit]
- (9) "Elements of Music and Their Relationships to Jazz" PowerPoint
- (10) "18 Jazz Styles and Their Representatives" PowerPoint
- (11) "Features of Jazz" Powerpoint
- (12) "History of Jazz" Powerpoint
- (13) "Definition of Jazz" Powerpoint - WARNING: This file can take over half an hour to download. Click on it and ignore it until it opens up in PowerPoint.
- (14) "A Primer on Jazz Improvisation" by Marc Sabatella
- (15) "Constructing the Jazz Tradition" by Scott Deveaux
- (16) "Constructive Elements in Jazz Improvisation" by Frank Tirro
- (17) "On Musical Improvisation" by Philip Alperson
- (18) "Myths of Jazz" in Jazz Pedagogy by David Baker
- (19) "Toward a Definition of Jazz" by Joachim Berendt from The Jazz Book
- (20) "Three Approaches to Defining Jazz" by Mark Gridley, Robert Maxham, and Robert Hoff
- (21) "Definition of Jazz" from the website A Passion For Jazz
- (22) "Thinking Outside of the Musical Box: Defining Jazz" by Donal Fox
- (23) "What is Jazz?" by Alan Lawrence
- (24) "What is Jazz?" by Jason West
- (25) "Jazz Improvisation Assessment Factors"
- (26) "Why Does Jazz Matter to Aesthetic Theory?" by Robert Kraut
- (27) "The Nature of Improvisation in Jazz Music" PowerPoint
- (29) Notes on Emotion and Jazz from November 8, 2011
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