University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music Music, School of 12-2020 A Musical Analysis of the Improvisational Bebop Style of Nat Adderley (1955-1964) Kyle Granville University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent Part of the Music Commons Granville, Kyle, "A Musical Analysis of the Improvisational Bebop Style of Nat Adderley (1955-1964)" (2020). Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music. 152. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent/152 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Music, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. A MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPROVISATIONAL BEBOP STYLE OF NAT ADDERLEY (1955-1964) by Kyle M. Granville A DOCTORAL DOCUMENT Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts Major: Music Under the Supervision of Professor Darryl White Lincoln, Nebraska December, 2020 A MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPROVISATIONAL BEBOP STYLE OF NAT ADDERLEY (1955-1964) Kyle M. Granville, D.M.A. University of Nebraska, 2020 Advisor: Darryl White Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley was an American jazz artist active in New York City, Florida and Europe throughout his extensive musical career. A prominent cornet player and composer, Adderley was highly respected by many of his peers in New York City, Florida, as well as all over Europe.