Hello everyone! This message is partly a desperate plea for help, but the subject is an interesting one in general - I think so, at least!
I am currently researching Cannonball Adderley's improv style for a dissertation. There's some scholarly stuff out there - obviously not as much for Cannonball as for other, bigger names - but enough to go on. However, most of it seems very difficult to get hold of!
What I've found consists of:
1) a few books of general analysis/transcription
2) a pretty comprehensive-sounding 'bio-discography'
3) a few magazine/journal articles
4) Doctoral theses, a few of which sound excellent (just from the titles!)
I'll write up the list in the next post. I have 2 main requests:
Firstly, if anyone has any ideas, either for books, essays, or their own thoughts on Cannonball's style, please write them up!! It'd be so helpful to me, and possibly others too. Maybe we can get a bit of a discussion going!
Second, as I mentioned I have found it really hard to see most of this material. I live in England, and most of the this isn't available in any UK library! I'll give details below - but if any of you lot knows how I could find a book, or has a copy of something they could lend (or sell) me, I'd be so grateful for the help.
Please read on....
I am currently researching Cannonball Adderley's improv style for a dissertation. There's some scholarly stuff out there - obviously not as much for Cannonball as for other, bigger names - but enough to go on. However, most of it seems very difficult to get hold of!
What I've found consists of:
1) a few books of general analysis/transcription
2) a pretty comprehensive-sounding 'bio-discography'
3) a few magazine/journal articles
4) Doctoral theses, a few of which sound excellent (just from the titles!)
I'll write up the list in the next post. I have 2 main requests:
Firstly, if anyone has any ideas, either for books, essays, or their own thoughts on Cannonball's style, please write them up!! It'd be so helpful to me, and possibly others too. Maybe we can get a bit of a discussion going!
Second, as I mentioned I have found it really hard to see most of this material. I live in England, and most of the this isn't available in any UK library! I'll give details below - but if any of you lot knows how I could find a book, or has a copy of something they could lend (or sell) me, I'd be so grateful for the help.
Please read on....