Paper in the Journal for Artistic Research in Jazz

The paper ‘Stretch: Spectral Theory in the Practice of a Jazz Quartet‘, by Piergiorgio Pirro and Maarten Stragier is out. It shows the creative process that led to the composition and performance of Stretch, from the album fold/unfold/refold. It is open access and freely readable and listenable here: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2606478/2606496/0/0

Jazz Research Workshop, second session: about rhythm

In our second meeting at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, we focused mainly about rhythm. Drummer Luis Mora Matus directed a series of class activities about the use of subdivisions and additive rhythms, using examples drawn from Prog Metal music (CB Murdoc, Meshuggah). The students played with subdivisions used to create “measured rallentandi”, with superposition…

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