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Combining Greek folk with modal jazz improvisation (2020)

Alkistis Lampropoulou
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My personal striving for more freedom regarding melodic and rhythmic aspects in improvisation and less emphasis on functional harmony, led me to the exploration of modal jazz. At the first cycle of my research, I studied two legendary trumpet players Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard in order to learn different techniques of developing a modal jazz solo. Through this journey, I discovered a strong connection to my Greek roots. Greek music is modal and thus the idea of combining the two worlds seemed obvious. For the second cycle of my research, I studied the French-Lebanese trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf. Maalouf combines his Arabic roots with modal jazz and therefore he was a great source of inspiration to me. By arranging Greek folk songs with jazz elements and adding modal jazz improvisation to my Greek folkloric sound, I found an interesting way to combine my roots with jazz music. During my research I received valuable feedback from my research coach Dr. Dick de Graaf, my main subject teachers Bart de Win, Francien van Tuinen, Harjo Pasveer as well as from important experts Jarmo Hoogendijk, Tineke Postma, Mark van Roon, Stefan Lievestro and Eren Aksahin.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsmodal jazz, Greek folk, vocal improvisation, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Ibrahim Maalouf, musical devices, composition, analysis of solo, Modal jazz, Vocal improvisation, Musical devices, Composition, Analysis of solo
date08/06/2020
published08/06/2020
last modified08/06/2020
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationCodarts, hogeschool voor de kunsten
copyright(c) Alkistis Lampropoulou
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/925681/925682
published inCodarts
portal issueCodarts Artistic Research Reports.
external linkwww.codarts.nl


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925707 _so what_ vocal transcription on Miles solo (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
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925730 _Little Sunflower_(Freddie Hubbard), Alkistis Labropoulou Quintet (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925734 _7Steps2blues_- Alkistis Labropoulou (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925739 lesson with Tineke Postma (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925743 Lesson about modal imrpovisation on Anatolian music with Eren Aksahin (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925747 Ibrahim Maalouf _Waiting_- Vocal transcription by Alkistis Labropoulou (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925751 quasi experiment at the Connection (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925755 3rd lesson with Tineke (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925761 Lesson with mark van roon (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925765 lesson 4 Tineke (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
925769 Misirlou (c) Alkistis Lampropoulou All rights reserved
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