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- Creators: Pilafian, Sam
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The study of artist transcriptions is an effective vehicle for assimilating the language and style of jazz. Pairing transcriptions with historical context provides further insight into the back story of the artists' life and method. Innovators are often the subject of published studies of this kind, but transcriptions of plunger-mute master Al Grey have been overlooked. This document fills that void, combining historical context with thirteen transcriptions of Grey's trombone features and improvisations. Selection of transcribed materials was based on an examination of historically significant solos in Al Grey's fifty-five-year career. The results are a series of open-horn and plunger solos that showcase Grey's sound, technical brilliance, and wide range of dynamics and articulation. This collection includes performances from a mix of widely available and obscure recordings, the majority coming from engagements with the Count Basie Orchestra. Methods learned from the study of Al Grey's book Plunger Techniques were vital in the realization of his work. The digital transcription software Amazing Slow Downer by Roni Music aided in deciphering some of Grey's more complicated passages and, with octave displacement, helped bring previously inaudible moments to the foreground.
ContributorsHopkins, Charles E (Author) / Pilafian, Sam (Thesis advisor) / Stauffer, Sandra (Committee member) / Solís, Ted (Committee member) / Ericson, John (Committee member) / Kocour, Michael (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2011
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Performer) / Davis, Trey (Performer) / Hickman, Miriam, 1955- (Performer) / Johnston, Nathan (Performer) / Kerrigan, Charles (Performer) / Seeley, Paul (Performer) / Wilson, Brian (Performer) / Ostrom, Jed (Performer) / Swoboda, Deanna (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1996-10-20
ContributorsWright, Dustin (Performer) / Pilafian, Sam (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2004-03-27
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Director) / Swietlik, Amy (Performer) / Brown, Eddie (Performer) / Anderson, Kyle (Performer) / Stuckemeyer, Pat (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Atlas, Bo (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2007-10-22
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1995-10-25
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Performer) / Groove Tubes (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1995-10-27
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Director) / Sears, Gabriel (Performer) / Hailey, Connor (Performer) / Kiesgen, Brandon (Performer) / Bock, Kevin (Performer) / Anderson, Kyle (Performer) / Brown, Eddie (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2007-10-23
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1995-10-22
Description
This document is a compendium of the materials that are housed within the special collections donated by Thomas Everett. In August 2016, the Arizona State University School of Music, through the efforts of retired Professor of Trombone Douglas Yeo, received a donation of materials from Thomas Everett, founder of the International Trombone Association and retired director of bands at Harvard University.
This donation contains published and unpublished music, numerous letters, and various drafts of his book, An Annotated Guide to Bass Trombone Literature. Over the course of two-and-a-half years, the donation was catalogued for the university by the author. Materials from the donation were sent into public circulation or sent into special collections within the ASU School of Music Library.
This donation contains published and unpublished music, numerous letters, and various drafts of his book, An Annotated Guide to Bass Trombone Literature. Over the course of two-and-a-half years, the donation was catalogued for the university by the author. Materials from the donation were sent into public circulation or sent into special collections within the ASU School of Music Library.
ContributorsLynch, Paul (Author) / Edwards, Brad (Thesis advisor) / Rogers, Rodney (Committee member) / Swoboda, Deanna (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2019
Description
Literature is an important source for children to learn about many aspects of life, including music, and, more specifically, the trombone as a special type of musical instrument. The project at hand seeks to encourage the introduction of the trombone to young children through books and stories in which the instrument is featured prominently. Seven such books by various authors are identified and analyzed, and a study guide for each is presented. In addition, a brief history of children’s literature and a discussion of its use in the music classroom provide context for these seven books as well as any music-themed literature. Finally, the centerpiece of this project is the creation of a new book intended for children and featuring the trombone, written and illustrated by the present author.
ContributorsRozanski, Emily Marie (Author) / Yeo, Douglas (Thesis advisor) / Holbrook, Amy (Committee member) / Schmidt, Margaret (Committee member) / Swoboda, Deanna (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016