(BerkleeGuide).TerriLyneCarrington,FounderandArtisticDirectoroftheBerkleeInstituteofJazzandGenderJustice,hascuratedawiderangeofjazzcompositionswrittenbywomencomposers,fromobscuretopopular,historictocurrent,bluestobebop,andbeyondinthisimportantcollection.Thesecompositionsaresupplementaryandalternativestothe“jazzstandard“canonthathasservedstudents,teachersandprofessionalsthroughoutthedevelopmentofjazzmusic.Thecompositionsspannearlyacentury,includingLilHardinArmstrong’sworkfrom1922tosongswrittenin2021byrecentInstitutegraduates.Itfeatures101compositionsfromaremarkablerangeofacknowledgedtitans,youngvisionariesandunsungheroesinjazz:MaryLouWilliams,AliceColtrane,esperanzaspalding,GeriAllen,MariaSchneider,CecileMcLorinSalvant,CassandraWilson,DianneReeves,DorothyAshby,NubyaGarcia,NicoleMitchellandmanyothers.Thebookincludesa1922piecebytheinfluentialLilHardinArmstrongandsongswrittenin2021byemergingartistsfromCarrington’sBerkleeInstituteofJazzandGenderJustice.NewStandardsalsocelebratestheglobalworldofjazz,fromChileantenorsaxophonistMelissaAldanatoJapaneseAmericanpianistToshikoAkiyoshiandotherinternationalcomposers.
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