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Lennie and OrnetteSearching for Freedom in ImprovisationObservations on the Music of Lennie Tristano and Ornette ColemanJari PerkimkiSibelius Academy Jazz Department 2002Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music. Sibelius Academy Jazz Music Department Study Program in Performance 2002Jari Perkimki Sibelius Academy P.O.Box 86 00251 Helsinki FINLAND e-mail: jari.perkiomaki@siba.fiAbstract This thesis examines the music of two pioneers of free improvisation in jazz: Lennie Tristano and Ornette Coleman. Besides emphasizing the melodic language of both musicians, this study presents analyses and transcriptions of their compositions and improvisations. The authors approach as a musician-researcher stresses the importance of transcription and emulation as study methods.
Because Tristano and Coleman are somewhat controversial figures in jazz history, this study addresses to most commonly asked questions: Was Tristano a genuine modernist and innovator who was ahead his time? Does Colemans music have inner logic and structure despite its seemingly naive and chaotic surface?
Teachings of Lennie Tristano, and developed his career almost exclusively through Tristano. There are two general categories of transcription: prescriptive.
Analyzing Tristanos music proved to that he was already using modern harmonic devices in his late 1940's compositions. In his Line Up improvisation, for example, he systematically employed side slipping techniques to create harmonic tension. Although Tristano experimented with odd time signatures and off-kilter melodic accents, his rhythmic concept and phrasing were not significantly ahead of his contemporaries. Analysing Colemans melodies proved that his melodic language consists of several elements archaic country and blues, tonal bebop melodies and modal techniques among them that are used deliberately. Coleman exploits the principles of western tonal music intuitively with great artistic success despite his apparent unfamiliarity with formal music theory. Transcriptions of the music studied are included.
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