Friday, June 27, 2008

Can I Catch Hand Foot And Mouth Twice

Jazz and world music. Congress, Sibe Spain

(this text is an excerpt from a paper presented at the Eighth Congress of the IASPM-LA, held at the Catholic University of Lima on June 19, 2008)

How has the process of mixing elements of jazz and traditional music in the world?

's encounter elements of jazz and world music are given from the fifties. Since then, several musicians have explored around the grouping of elements rhythms of different cultures and practice jazz improvisation itself. This trend can be seen in the proposal of musicians and projects such as Dizzy Gillispie, Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971) and Shakti, led by the English guitarist John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim) and Joa Gilberto, Chano Domínguez ( Spain), Danilo Perez (Panama), David Sánchez (Puerto Rico) Eliane Elias (Brazil) among others.

has 40 late American jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie came to experienced and Afro-Cuban rhythms, while in Havana Cuban musicians, blended harmonies jazz with traditional Cuban songs, producing a new vocal style called the move "fillin" or "feeling".

In the 60's are the work of Miles Davis and Gil Evans with the album "Sketches of Spain", the first recording of jazz influenced by the music of Spain.
We should also mention John Coltrane, who in his album Ole, An exploration around the mix of jazz and English flamenco music. In 1963 Stan Getz and guitarist Joao Gilberto presents an album of Jazz and Bossa nova, which are issues of Antonio Carlos Jobim.

In the 70's are the work of musicians like John McLaughlin, Chick Corea and Astor Piazzolla. John McLaughlin Mahavishnu Orchestra with their groups, and Shakti include musical elements of India's traditional instruments such as Tabla, Mridangam and Ghatam. All this thanks to their approach not only to music but the culture of southern India. Astor Piazzolla in 1974 recorded the album Summit, (1974) a mixture of tango and jazz with European classical music.


Chick Corea in Return to Forever group emphasized the mix of traditional Jazz and Latin music. This influence derived from contact with Latin musicians Chick Corea and Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria

In 1984 Juan Luis Guerra launches blowing hard meringues which are influenced by the Jazz. In 1989 Elias Elias, pianist and vocalist, launches its first Latin jazz recording exploring Brazilian music.

In the year 90 musicians like Chano Domínguez, Danilo Perez, Steve Coleman, David Sanchez presented proposals which are elements of jazz with rhythms and sounds characteristic of their cultures. A mid-positioned Chano Dominguez as one of the leaders of Jazz Flamenco. Recorded in 1996 Steve Coleman The Sign and the Seal with the Cuban folkloric group, Afrocuba of Matanzas. In the music of Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez and Puerto Rican saxophonist David Sanchez is given encounter elements of Post-Bop with rhythmic concepts typical of Panamanian folk music and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

All these examples show how the Jazz because of its permeability allows his meeting with various world music, creating a line of development both for the music of each country and for the Jazz. At present, the musical roots of jazz performers are of great influence, importance and interest in his artistic development.

Colombia

Currently in Colombia can identify a trend of urban musicians, mostly young, who have come to different genres and musical traditions, revive and reinterpret, experimented with new innovating elements and from these, involving in some cases urban music sounds like Jazz, Rock, Pop, Electro, Hip-hop, among others. It is important to highlight the crucial influence played by the evolution and mass media communication in these processes of change and innovation, giving the musician the opportunity to meet and come to different cultural currents generating a great mix of musical influences from different trends and genres.

This trend can be seen in the proposal of musicians and projects that emerge in the late twentieth century, when various groups and musicians combine elements of traditional local music with elements borrowed from the Jazz or Rock. Among these we find: Block, Curupira, Antonio Arnedo, Bahia, Sidestepper, electric Mojarra, First my aunt, Juan Sebastian Monsalve, Francisco Davila, Hector Martignon, among others.


Local musicians and urban musicians

The arrival of local musicians to cities and urban musicians encounter allowed the latter to expand their knowledge, contacts and interest in these demonstrations. From the academy these musicians have also been important in the development of this movement, turning the traditional local music of interest and study, carried out especially through their work and a dissertation. All these processes have ensured the memory of certain aspects that were based more on oral tradition.

Role of Academia

Academy
Historically the study of traditional local music had not been taken into account, to be excluded against the trend of implementing academic models taken from schools abroad, considering the traditional music as simple and popular little educated (Arango, 2002) Some of the 80 dispersion around these musicians gave, in some cases for personal searches of the musicians who wanted to carry out other new models as part of seeking be brought into practice, as in the case of the creation and structuring ASAB of their curriculum or the appearance of traditional music schools. Currently there has been growing concern among the musicians who are in the academy, to approach, meet, study and understanding of traditional music.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Funny Invitations To A Party

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paper presented at the Tenth Congress of the Sibe in Spain, in March 2008 at the Conservatoire de Salamanca, this summary of the text submitted)

The research "Applying Concepts of improvisation in the Hall and Bambuco Colombian Andean Region describes the process development of improvisation in genres traditionally improvised, based on a descriptive analysis of the musical elements Bambuco Hall and the Andean region, to further explore, innovate and experiment including new aspects that are not usually characteristic of these genres, in this appropriate concepts and tools typical of Jazz improvisation.

The innovation process in traditional music are exacerbated by contact with foreign cultural elements to these (Berlanga 1997), currently in Colombia we can identify a trend of musicians who have come to different genres, experiment and innovate with new items. This trend can be attributed to different variables such as

-the musicians moving from rural to urban, arising out of - violence ---, "the musician's need to identify with their urban cultural roots,

-The development of the academy and influence the evolution and mass media, urban musician getting the opportunity to have contact with other cultural currents generating a great mix of musical influences from various genres such as jazz, rock, pop, electronic music, hip-hop, among others.

In these processes of change, enrichment and innovation, it is important to have a deep knowledge and respect of traditional elements, from a historical study of music, where the ultimate goal is to propose new sounds that enrich and innovate but do not transgress the main features of the traditional elements.

final Aiming to create a language of improvisation that keeps the main features of the musical elements of Hall and Bambuco questions arose as What has been the historical development of these genres? What are the musical characteristics of these? Which concepts and tools of improvisation will be used? How to involve those elements in the genres of study? How will include instruments that are not common in the traditional format? among other questions.

--- is vitally important - to note that in the traditional music of the Colombian Andean region the concept of improvisation in the way it is used in jazz, there and has not been a feature at any time in its history. Therefore it was important to conduct a study of the concepts and tools used in jazz improvisation. Gender, which thanks to its permeability, allowing his meeting with various world music, creating a line of development both for the music of each country and for the Jazz. At present the musical roots of the interpreters of this kind are of great influence and interest in his artistic development.

The development process of improvisation improvised genres not traditionally possible grouping of rhythmic and melodic elements and Bambuco Corridor along improvisatory concepts common in jazz, first requires careful study to describe and define the main characteristics that define the sound of each gender. From this study it is possible to start a exploration and experimentation in which to build a language of improvisation in the genres of Colombian Andean

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METHOD OF IMPROVISATION IN THE HALL PROJECT




In order to approach the music of the region
Colombian Andes and seeking new forms of expression from the study of the tradition, Francy Montalvo, Javier Perez Sandoval, Teachers, Faculty of Arts, University Forest, have the text "method of improvisation in the hallway of the Andean region Colombia ", which is a didactic text Introduction to improvisation in a genre traditionally improvised. It is based on the analysis, exploration and application of musical elements delPasillo with tools used in jazz improvisation.

The publication is part of an investigation called "Applying Concepts of Improvisation Bambuco Hall and the Colombian Andean Region" which was winner of the National Research Fellowship in Music Ministry of Culture 2006. The book has been featured in events such as the 20 th International Book Fair of Bogota, launch made on April 29, 2007 and the 1st Meeting Interdisciplinary Music Research, organized by Acofartes, Banco de la República, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (April 2007).

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Project created by Frank Montalvo, Javier Pérez, with the aim of approaching the music of the Colombian Andean region, seeking new forms of expression from the study and knowledge of traditional elements. In 2006 the project "Application of Concepts of Improvisation Bambuco Hall and the Colombian Andean Region" was winner of National Scholarship Research Music by the Ministry of Culture 2006.

Proceeds of the research was a publication called "METHOD OF IMPROVISATION IN THE HALL OF Andean region, which is a didactic text of introduction to improvisation in a genre traditionally improvised, is based on the analysis, exploration and application of the musical elements of Hall with tools used in jazz improvisation. The project included the participation and support of musicians like: Hermann Dario Perez, Fabian Forero and William Maestre advice and guidance in research.

The project has made presentations at the 20th International Book Fair of Bogotá 2007, University Forest, Uniandinos Auditorium. Have participated as speakers in the Ist meeting of musical research organized by the University Library Javieriana and Luis Angel Arango and X National Congress of Anthropology National University. Have been invited to the X Congress SIBE IASPM-Spain 2008 in the Conservatory of Salamanca and the Rama VIII Latin American Congress of the International Association for the Study popular music, IASPM-AL which will be held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in June 2008.

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