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A Study Of The Improvisational Style Of Theodore "Fats" Navarro, 1949-1950, Russell C. Zimmer
A Study Of The Improvisational Style Of Theodore "Fats" Navarro, 1949-1950, Russell C. Zimmer
Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance
This study analyzes improvisatory techniques of Theodore “Fats” Navarro (1923-1950). Live improvised solos of the trumpeter from 1949-1950 were examined to better understand the improvisational style through the analysis of transcribed solos. Chapter one gives a brief overview of Navarro’s brief professional career and why he was chosen as the subject of this study. Chapter two sets out the methodology for this study and reviews related literature to the study of Fats Navarro. Chapter three provides a brief background of each performance from which the transcriptions were selected. Chapter four identifies those aspects of his improvisation that occur often harmonically, …