Bill Stewart's influences on drum set

Author(s)

Raphael Marcondes da Silva Gonçalves

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes
• Defense date: 2013-07-27

Examining board members

Fernando Augusto de Almeida Hashimoto; Fabio Fonseca de Oliveira; Paulo Adriano Ronqui

• Advisor: Fernando Augusto de Almeida Hashimoto

Abstract

This dissertation has as goal to investigate the musical performance of the American drummer Bill Stewart, detainer of a peculiar way of playing and one of the predominant jazz musicians nowadays. Continuing the research "The peculiar language of Bill Stewart on drumset", which determinate some defining elements of his performance on the instrument, this dissertation aims to identify whether those characteristic traits are similar to the approach of other drummers, which acted in the decades of 1950 and 1960, such as Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams and Roy Haynes. The methodology utilized in this research consists of definition of the repertory, transcription of selected works, and a further comparative study. The interviews with Stewart served to cross check the information and to confirm some of the outputs of this analysis. This study allowed us to organize a comparative material that discuss if the similarities founded between the Stewart's approach and the musical language of the drummers of the preceding decades to him could be considered as his musical influences on drumset (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/14634-3 - The musical influences os Bill Stewart on drum set
• Grantee: Raphael Marcondes da Silva Gonçalves
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master