Starting from present and going back 30 years to 1990, the book about African-American jazz musician Ron Westray's life journey is written in reverse. The writing is rigorous--flanked by hip-hop, Southern, and ebonic dialects--and includes jazz lingo, texting-shorthand and use of emojis.&nbsp;

Life in Reverse

Biographies & Memoirs

Westray, Ron

Professionals & Academics

First Hill Books

Specific objectives of the book include the discussion of the historical evolution of CBUM/Hip-Hop, the development (and retention) of an informed perspective regarding legendary figures, bands, and Genres in CBUM. The examination of the historical, social, and economic implications of CBUM that lead to the globalization Hip-Hop, an understanding of how CBUM is perceived and measured in society, and the student's ability to describe a rangeof effects fostered by the evolution of CBUM, all factor highly in this book.

Contemporary Black Urban Music: The Revolution of Hip Hop

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

This course is designed to present and develop jazz arranging and compositional principles. In preparation for successful improvisation, composing and transcription, a wide range of theoretical topics are presented. The stylistic considerations of jazz improvisation and composition require an extensive and working knowledge of jazz theory, and mastery of diatonic, bitonal, poly-tonal and atonal theoretical maximums and processes - including the refining of the [imitation] transcription process towards theoretical justification and conventional usage.

Jazz Theory – Contemporary Improvisation, Transcription and Composition

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Books by Westray, Ron

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Life in Reverse

Contemporary Black Urban Music: The Revolution of Hip Hop

Jazz Theory – Contemporary Improvisation, Transcription and Composition