Brecker's Blues: transcription and theoretical analysis of six selected improvised blues solos by jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker
David Rawlings Freedy · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2003
A full transcription and analysis of a Michael Brecker improvisation based on the Mike Stern composition "Suspone" (a melodic contrafact composition based on the chord changes to the George and Ira Gershwin composition "I Got Rhythm").The improvisation comes from a live performance at the University of Main at Augusta on March 27, 1987.Note: "Suspone" was later recorded and released on Michael Brecker's 2 nd solo effort entitled Don't Try This at Home (1988; see Bibliography: Appendix H, page 191).Devices/structures identified and discussed include the articulation of idiomatic diatonic language that is a half step removed from the underlying sonority and the articulation of melodic material that connotes harmonic intent complimentary to or in contrast with the underlying sonority or chord progression.