Caribbean Jazz: A Performative Discourse on the Roots, Rhythms, and Reach of Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean Jazz

加勒比爵士乐：关​​于英语和法语加勒比爵士乐的根源、节奏和影响力的表演性论述

• 批准号: 2779815
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Royal Holloway University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2779815
• 关键词: Caribbean; Jazz; Performative; Discourse; Roots

Caribbean Jazz has been practiced since the early 1940s, and conceivably a bit earlier. Some also argue that the Caribbean had great influence on jazz's inception (see Jerde, 1990 and Miller, 2010). Jazz, as stated by Merna Bradshaw, "turned to the rhythms of the Caribbean as a way of reconnecting with their African origins" (Bradshaw 2015). However, in the early 20th century, many jazz greats of Caribbean ancestry "often felt compelled to 'de-emphasize' their heritage to avoid prevalent stereotypes" (Van Pelt, 2008) held by jazz purists, African American musicians, and critics. These musicians felt that they had to gain jazz credentials and "establish themselves as a [true] jazz player" (Miller, 2010) before attempting to express their Caribbean roots musically.The term Caribbean Jazz refers to the incorporation of jazz harmonies and improvisation onto specific Caribbean rhythms. However, this musical style has mainly been attributed to the hispanophone Caribbean, excluding the anglophone and francophone Caribbean groups. Much research has been done regarding the influence of Latin/Fusion jazz; however, a definitive study has yet to catalogue jazz styles originating from anglophone/francophone Caribbean regions, from both academic and performance perspectives. These styles have been largely undefined, leaving room for varying interpretations which center mainly around the practitioner instead of its musical structure.This study of Caribbean Jazz, practice-based and autoethnographic in design, will investigate, analyze, and interpret the structural aspects of anglophone and francophone Caribbean jazz cultures through performance. It focuses on elements of rhythm, time, melodic structure, improvisational styles, and ensemble instrumentation, as well as other performance characteristics. By analyzing these elements, this project will enable us to further understand the distinctiveness of jazz of the anglophone and francophone Caribbean, contributing to research on Caribbean music, and offering a preliminary characterization of the Caribbean Jazz genre. The study's autoethnographic nature allows me to connect with the social components of Caribbean Jazz, enabling a more personal synthesis of the research on the socio- cultural contexts of this genre and my performance practices. The methodology then becomes not only an academic endeavor, but also allows for a comprehensive performative and written commentary on Caribbean Jazz to emerge, one that captures the influence of the Caribbean Jazz performer upon improvisation within jazz altogether and upon ethnographic writing about the genre.

加勒比爵士乐从20世纪40年代初就开始练习了，可以想象的是更早一点。一些人还认为加勒比地区对爵士乐的起源有很大的影响（见Jerde，1990和米勒，2010）。爵士乐，正如梅尔纳布拉德肖所说，“转向加勒比地区的节奏，作为与非洲起源重新联系的一种方式”（布拉德肖2015）。然而，在世纪早期，许多加勒比血统的爵士乐大师“经常感到不得不'淡化'他们的遗产，以避免流行的刻板印象”（货车佩尔特，2008）举行的爵士纯粹主义者，非洲裔美国音乐家和评论家。这些音乐家认为，他们必须获得爵士证书，并“建立自己作为一个[真正的]爵士乐演奏家”（米勒，2010）之前，试图表达他们的加勒比根源音乐。加勒比爵士乐一词指的是结合爵士和声和即兴创作到特定的加勒比节奏。然而，这种音乐风格主要归因于讲西班牙语的加勒比人，不包括讲英语和法语的加勒比人。关于拉丁/融合爵士乐的影响已经做了很多研究;然而，一个明确的研究还没有目录爵士乐风格起源于英语/法语加勒比地区，从学术和性能的角度。这些风格在很大程度上是不确定的，留下了不同的解释，主要围绕从业者，而不是其音乐结构的空间。加勒比爵士乐，基于实践和autoethnographic设计的研究，将调查，分析和解释英语和法语加勒比爵士乐文化的结构方面，通过性能。它侧重于节奏，时间，旋律结构，即兴风格和合奏乐器的元素，以及其他性能特点。通过分析这些元素，这个项目将使我们能够进一步了解英语和法语加勒比爵士乐的独特性，有助于加勒比音乐的研究，并提供加勒比爵士乐流派的初步特征。这项研究的autoethnographic性质，使我能够连接到加勒比爵士乐的社会组成部分，使这个流派的社会文化背景和我的表演实践的研究更个人的综合。然后，该方法不仅成为一种学术奋进，而且还允许对加勒比爵士乐进行全面的表演和书面评论，这种评论可以捕捉加勒比爵士乐表演者对爵士乐即兴创作的影响，以及对该流派的民族志写作的影响。