All Instruments
SKU:
HL.369515
Edited by
Terri Lyne Carrington.
Berklee Guide. Blues,
Contemporary, Jazz.
Softcover. 184 pages.
Published by Berklee
Press (HL.369515).
ISBN 9780876392232.
UPC: 840126991932.
9.0x12.0x0.438
inches.
Terri Lyne
Carrington, Founder and
Artistic Director of the
Berklee Institute of Jazz
and Gender Justice, has
curated a wide range of
jazz compositions written
by women composers, from
obscure to popular,
historic to current,
blues to bebop, and
beyond in this important
collection. These
compositions are
supplementary and
alternatives to the
“jazz
standard†canon
that has served students,
teachers and
professionals throughout
the development of jazz
music. The compositions
span nearly a century,
including Lil Hardin
Armstrong's work from
1922 to songs written in
2021 by recent Institute
graduates. It features
101 compositions from a
remarkable range of
acknowledged titans,
young visionaries and
unsung heroes in jazz:
Mary Lou Williams, Alice
Coltrane, esperanza
spalding, Geri Allen,
Maria Schneider, Cecile
McLorin Salvant,
Cassandra Wilson, Dianne
Reeves, Dorothy Ashby,
Nubya Garcia, Nicole
Mitchell and many others.
The book includes a 1922
piece by the influential
Lil Hardin Armstrong and
songs written in 2021 by
emerging artists from
Carrington's Berklee
Institute of Jazz and
Gender Justice. New
Standards also celebrates
the global world of jazz,
from Chilean tenor
saxophonist Melissa
Aldana to Japanese
American pianist Toshiko
Akiyoshi and other
international
composers.
Alva Lee
