Concerning the Question of an Individual Jazz Style (on the Example of the Performances of American Jazz Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s)

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Anastasia S. Skriabina

Abstract

The author of the article analyzes the individual style of American
jazz musicians of the era of bebop – one of the most signiicant
stages of the history of jazz. The advancement to the forefront
of the personal element in the jazz music of this time period is
stipulated by social, racial, aesthetic and psychological reasons.
This inevitably causes researchers to contemplate on the bright
individualities of jazz musicians and the original contributions
of each one of them into the new jazz style. While creating the
diverse “stylistic portraits,” the author of the article considers
their complexity, conditioned by a multitude of constituent
elements. It becomes possible to trace out the various levels of
correlation of the general and the individual within the framework
of the formed criteria of the epoch of bebop on the example of
the performances of pianists Bud Powell, Thelonius Monk and
Lenny Tristano. Each one of them was able to express his attitude
towards the rules established by the direct creators of the style,
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

Keywords: Thelonius Monk, Bud Powell, Lenny Tristano,
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz, beebop

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How to Cite
Skriabina, A. S. (2015). Concerning the Question of an Individual Jazz Style (on the Example of the Performances of American Jazz Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s). Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (1), 59–63. https://doi.org/10.17674/1997-0854.2015.1.18.059-063
Section
Musical Genre and Style
Author Biography

Anastasia S. Skriabina, Rostov State S. V. Rachmaninoff Conservatory

Post-graduate student at the Music History Department

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