The Musical Artistry of Bheki Mseleku.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Explanatory notes -- Part One: Analysis of Compositions -- Chapter 1 - Cycles -- 'Cycle' (Celebration) -- 'Melancholy in Cologne' (Star Seeding) -- 'Aja' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- 'Angola' (Celebration) -- Chapter 2 - Lineage -- Monk the Priest' (Home at Last) -- 'Through the Years' (Timelessness) -- 'The Messenger' (Celebration) -- 'Supreme Love' (Celebration) -- 'Woody's Tune' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- 'Monk's Move' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- 'Nearer Awakening' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- 'LA Soul Train Blues' (Star Seeding) -- 'The Age of Inner Knowing' (Celebration) -- Chapter 3 - Roots -- 'Closer to the Source' (Celebration) -- 'Monwabisi' (Home at Last) -- 'Mbizo' (Home at Last) -- 'Nants' Inkululeko' (Home at Last) -- 'Home at Last' (Home at Last) -- Chapter 4 - Blueprints -- 'Mamelodi' (Home at Last) -- 'Adored Value' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- 'Timelessness' (Timelessness) -- 'Blues for Afrika' (Celebration) -- Chapter 5 - Aesthetic -- 'One for All, All for One' (Celebration) -- Part Two: Improvisation -- Chapter 6 - Considerations for analysis -- The pianist -- Stride -- Bud Powell voicings -- Rootless voicings -- Modal voicings -- Construction of the improvised line -- Symmetrical scales -- Scale rendering -- Bebop phrasing -- Repetition and common property phrases (licks) -- Alternate harmony as source for improvisation -- Chapter 7 - Solo transcriptions -- Solo on 'Adored Value' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- Solo on 'Aja' (Beauty of Sunrise) -- Solo on 'Angola' (Celebration) -- Solo on 'Blues for Afrika' (Celebration) -- Solo on 'Home at Last' (Home at Last) -- Solo on 'Mamelodi' (Home at Last) -- Solo on 'Melancholy in Cologne' (Star Seeding) -- Solo on 'Through the Years' (Timelessness) -- Solo on 'Timelessness' (Timelessness) -- Appendix A.

The South Bank Show with Melvyn Bragg -- Appendix B -- Transcriptions of compositions -- 'Adored Value' -- 'Aja' -- 'Angola' -- 'Blues for Afrika' -- 'Closer to the Source' -- 'Cycle' -- 'Home at Last' -- 'LA Soul Train Blues' -- 'Mamelodi' -- 'Mbizo' -- 'Melancholy in Cologne' -- 'Monk the Priest' -- 'Monk's Move' -- 'Monwabisi' -- 'Nants' Inkululeko' -- 'Nearer Awakening' -- 'One for All, All for One' -- 'Supreme Love' (Dedicated to John Coltrane) -- 'The Age of Inner Knowing' -- 'The Messenger' (Dedicated to Bud Powell) -- 'Through the Years' (Lyrics: Abbey Lincoln) -- 'Timelessness' -- 'Woody's Tune' -- References -- Back Cover -- Fig. i -- Fig. ii -- Fig. iii -- Fig. iv -- Fig. v -- Fig. vi -- Fig. vii -- Fig. viii -- Fig. ix -- Fig. 1.1 -- Fig. 1.2 -- Fig. 1.3 -- Fig. 1.4 -- Fig. 1.5 -- Fig. 1.6 -- Fig. 1.7 -- Fig. 1.8 -- Fig. 1.9 -- Fig. 1.10 -- Fig. 1.11 -- Fig. 1.12 -- Fig. 1.13 -- Fig. 1.14 -- Fig. 1.15 -- Fig. 1.16 -- Fig. 1.17 -- Fig. 1.18 -- Fig. 1.19 -- Fig. 1.20 -- Fig. 2.1 -- Fig. 2.2 -- Fig. 2.3 -- Fig. 2.4 -- Fig. 2.5 -- Fig. 2.6 -- Fig. 2.7 -- Fig. 2.8. -- Fig. 2.9 -- Fig. 2.10 -- Fig. 2.11 -- Fig. 2.12 -- Fig. 2.13 -- Fig. 2.14 -- Fig. 2.15 -- Fig. 2.16 -- Fig. 2.17 -- Fig. 2.18 -- Fig. 2.19 -- Fig. 2.20 -- Fig. 2.21 -- Fig. 2.22 -- Fig. 2.23 -- Fig. 2.24 -- Fig. 2.25 -- Fig. 2.26 -- Fig. 2.27 -- Fig. 2.28 -- Fig. 3.1 -- Fig. 3.2 -- Fig. 3.3 -- Fig. 3.4 -- Fig. 3.5 -- Fig. 3.6. -- Fig. 3.7 -- Fig. 3.8 -- Fig. 3.9 -- Fig. 3.10 -- Fig. 3.11 (a) -- Fig. 3.11 (b) -- Fig. 3.12 -- Fig. 3.13 -- Fig. 3.14 -- Fig. 3.15 -- Fig. 3.16 -- Fig. 3.17 -- Fig. 3.18 -- Fig. 3.19 -- Fig. 4.1 -- Fig. 4.2 -- Fig. 4.3 -- Fig. 4.4 -- Fig. 4.5 -- Fig. 4.6 -- Fig. 4.7 -- Fig. 4.8 -- Fig. 4.9 -- Fig. 4.10 -- Fig. 4.11 -- Fig. 4.12 -- Fig. 4.13 -- Fig. 4.14 -- Fig. 5.1 -- Fig. 5.2 -- Fig. 5.3 -- Fig. 5.4 -- Fig. 5.5 -- Fig. 6.1 -- Fig. 6.2 -- Fig. 6.3.

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