{"product_id":"oxford-university-press-henry-min-charlie-parker-composer-384939","title":"Henry Min - Charlie Parker Composer","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSummary of This Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Parker, Composer\u003c\/strong\u003e offers an immersion into the work of one of the founding figures of bebop. Rather than focusing on a few emblematic standards, Henry Martin adopts a comprehensive approach, aiming to examine the entirety of a corpus and illuminate its coherence. The book is intended for those who want to understand how Parker's writing articulates melody, harmony, and rhythm, and how this style has had a lasting influence on modern jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major strength of the book lies in the availability of reproduced sources, notably Charlie Parker's submissions to the Library of Congress. These documents allow readers to get closer to the concrete traces of the composer's activity and approach the works from the perspective of their musical materiality: structure, phrase organization, linking techniques, and the way bebop language crystallizes in the writing. This perspective is particularly useful for instrumentalists and arrangers who wish to connect analysis with practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the pages, the author combines three complementary focuses. The analytical dimension helps decode writing choices and the internal logic of the compositions. The historical approach situates the pieces in the context of their era, scenes, and stylistic evolutions of jazz. Finally, the philosophical angle offers a broader reflection on the artistic scope of the work, the notion of composition in jazz, and how Parker transcends the framework of improvised performance to engage in a composer's mindset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e@media(max-width:632px){table[data-wb-spec]{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr)}table[data-wb-spec] colgroup{display:none}table[data-wb-spec] tbody,table[data-wb-spec] tr{display:contents}table[data-wb-spec] td{display:block;overflow-wrap:anywhere;grid-row:var(--wb-l);background-color:var(--wb-lb)}table[data-wb-spec] td[data-r]{grid-row:var(--wb-r);background-color:var(--wb-rb)}table[data-wb-spec] td[colspan=\"2\"]{grid-column:1\/-1}table[data-wb-spec] td:empty{display:none}}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ctable data-wb-spec style=\"width:100%;table-layout:fixed\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-l:1;--wb-r:2;--wb-lb:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-rb:transparent\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusical Genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eJazz, Blues, Soul\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eSheet music\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ctable data-wb-spec style=\"width:100%;table-layout:fixed\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:transparent;--wb-l:1;--wb-r:3;--wb-lb:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-rb:var(--wb-neutral-50)\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eCharlie Parker\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-l:2;--wb-r:4;--wb-lb:transparent;--wb-rb:transparent\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eCharlie Parker\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eJazz analysis and history book\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54356878295315,"sku":"384939","price":61.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/0872\/6803\/files\/7b81776f91a08f133af9e94402fca88ee3a8803c_OUP9780190923389.jpg?v=1789452972","url":"https:\/\/woodbrass.shop\/products\/oxford-university-press-henry-martin-charlie-parker-composer-384939","provider":"Woodbrass.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}