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Spolupráce Milese Davise a Gila Evanse Na Albu Miles Ahead JANÁČKOVA AKADEMIE MÚZICKÝCH UMĚNÍ V BRNĚ Hudební fakulta Katedra jazzové interpretace Interpretační profilace Spolupráce Milese Davise a Gila Evanse na albu Miles Ahead Diplomová práce Autor práce: BcA. Bc. Jiří Kotača Vedoucí práce: doc. Juraj Bartoš Oponent práce: MgA. Jan Dalecký Brno 2019 Bibliografický záznam: Kotača, Jiří. Spolupráce Milese Davise a Gila Evanse na albu Miles Ahead. (Collaboration of Miles Davis and Gil Evans on album Miles Ahead) Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, Hudební fakulta, Katedra jazzové interpretace, 2019. Vedoucí diplomové práce doc. Juraj Bartoš. Anotace: Diplomová práce se primárně zabývá analýzou alba Miles Ahead z pohledu aranţérského/ skladatelského a pohledu interpretačního. Je rozdělena na čtyři části. První část pojednává o historii a charakteristikách big bandu, druhá o charakteristikách trumpety, způsobu hry a její funkce v big bandu. Třetí a čtvrtá kapitola se zabývá částečně ţivoty Davise a Evanse a především rozborem skladeb a jejich interpretací. Annotation: Diploma thesis primarily analyze album Miles Ahead from arranging and performing point of view. The thesis is divided into four parts. First part deal with history of big band and its characteristics, second part concern history of trumpet, its characteristics and its function in big band. The third and fourth chapter deal with life of both musicians and especially analyze music and interpretation of songs. Klíčová slova: Miles Davis, Gil Evans, big band, Miles Ahead, analýza alba Keywords: Miles Davis, Gil Evans, big band, Miles Ahead, album analysis 2 Čestné prohlášení Prohlašuji, ţe jsem diplomovou práci na téma Spolupráce Milese Davise a Gilem Evanse na albu Miles Ahead vypracoval samostatně a pouţil jen zdroje uvedené v seznamu literatury. Současné dávám svolení k tomu, aby tato práce byla uloţena v archivu knihovny JAMU a dále pouţívána ke studijním účelům V Brně 16. května 2019 Jiří Kotača 3 Poděkování Rád bych poděkoval Juraji Bartošovi a Janu Daleckému za cenné rady a připomínky. Děkuji také své rodině a mým blízkým za podporu při mých studiích. 4 Obsah 1. Úvod …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6 2. Stav bádání ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 3. Co je big band? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 4. Trumpeta – charakteristiky nástroje, způsob hry a její funkce v big bandu …….. 14 5. Ţivot Milese Davise a Gila Evanse ………………………………………………………………. 17 5.1. Miles Davis ………………………………………..…………………………………………... 17 5.2. Gil Evans ……………………………..……………………………………………………….. 20 6. Spolupráce Milese Davise s Gilem Evansem ………………………………………………... 27 6.1. Historie spolupráce ………………………………………..………………………………. 27 6.2. Analýza alba Miles Ahead …….……………………………………………………….... 30 7. Závěry ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41 8. Přílohy ……………………………………………………………………………………….……………. 44 9. Seznam literatury …….…………………………………………………..…………………………… 47 1. Úvod Na poli klasické hudby je pomyslným vrcholným tělesem symfonický orchestr, který splňuje nejlépe, mezi všemi kategoriemi klasických ansámblů, poţadavky na zvukovou a dynamickou pestrost, coţ jsou dva fakty, které zásadně ovlivňují, jsou-li v hudbě obsaţeny ve svojí plné míře, posluchačův proţitek. V oblasti jazzové hudby je takovým symfonickým orchestrem big band. Stejně jako skladatelé váţné hudby začali psát od barokního období skladby pro orchestr a sólistu1, stejně tak tomu bylo i v jazzu v oblasti bigbandové hudby. V tomto případě se první skladby psané pro sólistu a jazzový orchestr objevily uţ velmi brzy po tom, co začala bigbandová éra, tj. na přelomu 20. a 30. let 20. století.2 Vzhledem k tomu, ţe autor práce je trumpetista, vybral si za téma práce spolupráci trumpetisty Milese Davise s aranţérem a skladatelem Gilem Evansem na jejich prvním společném albu s jazzovým orchestrem, které nese název Miles Ahead. Důvodů, proč si autor vybral toto téma, je hned několik. Prvním z nich je fakt, ţe v rámci svého hudebního magisterského projektu se Jiří Kotača zabývá interpretací nových kompozic pro big band a sólovou trumpetu a rád by zuţitkoval nabyté poznatky z práce k dalšímu rozvoji svého hudebního projektu Cotatcha Orchestra ve smyslu získání nových inspirací a zanalyzování moţností interpretace skladeb pro big band a sólovou trumpetu. Dalším důvodem je zájem o kompoziční přístup Gila Evanse, jelikoţ si autor práce uvědomuje, ţe způsob kompozice zásadně ovlivňuje moţnosti a způsob interpretace díla ze strany sólisty. Hlavním cílem práce je rozbor kompozic a aranţmá na albu Miles Ahead z hlediska instrumentace, struktury skladeb a jejich výběru, melodické práce, interpretace děl ze strany ansámblu a přístup Milese Davise k jeho sólovým partům, pouţití výrazových prostředků a to i v kontextu jeho hráčských dovedností. Součástí bude také rozbor způsobu práce ve studiu. A důleţitou částí analýzy bude také komparace původně nevydaných verzí skladeb v porovnání s těmi, které se ocitly na albu. Dalším důvodem pro výběr tohoto tématu je skutečnost, ţe takový typ práce není v českém prostředí vůbec zpracován. Autor povaţuje téma za potenciálně přínosné, jelikoţ bigbandová hudba současnosti je často komponována se sólovým partem. A zároveň není společné dílo velikánů jazzu, zejména v českém prostředí, dostatečně prozkoumáno a dle autorova názoru by si zaslouţilo více pozornosti. Vzhledem k tomu, ţe od vzniku big bandu aţ do současnosti existovalo velké mnoţství big bandů se sólistou na trumpetu, vybral si autor tuto konkrétní bigbandovou spolupráci Milese Davise s Gilem Evansem z čistě subjektivních důvodů a to především kvůli 1 V tomto kontextu je sólistou myšlen instrumentální hráč, nikoliv sólista zpěvák/zpěvačka 2 není snadné určit, kdy přesně bigbandová éra začala, jelikoţ neexistuje ani stoprocentní shoda mezi jazzovými historiky. - 6 - pozitivnímu vztahu k jazzové tvorbě Milese Davise a rovněţ kvůli sympatiím ke kompoziční a aranţérské práci Gila Evanse. Autor této diplomové práce dospěl k závěru, ţe není moţné v tak omezeném formátu práce pojmout analýzu všech čtyř desek Gila Evanse a Milese Davise s orchestrem a tím pádem se zaměřil na jejich první album. Dalším důvodem pro tento konkrétní výběr je také výjimečnost tohoto projektu v kontextu tehdejší bigbandové tvorby, z níţ se toto dílo vyjímá způsobem instrumentace, kompozičním přístupem a také svébytnou interpretací sólových partů ze strany jednoho z nejznámější trumpetistů své doby a osobnosti, která měla na vývoj jazzu výrazný vliv. Struktura práce je rozdělena na čtyři kapitoly. První dvě kapitoly představí čtenáři problematiku hraní na trumpetu a historii bigbandové hudby. A slouţí k snadnému pochopení textu i pro čtenáře, který o jazzové hudbě a hře na hudební nástroje téměř nic neví. Cílem první kapitoly je definovat formát big bandu, jeho původ a typické znaky. Okrajově se tato kapitola bude zabývat osobnostmi, které měly na vývoj bigbandové hudby vliv. Druhá kapitola se stručně zabývá charakteristikami hry na trumpetu a její rolí v big bandu. Třetí kapitola je rozdělena na dvě podkapitoly, které se zabývají ţivoty a hudebními styly Milese Davise a Gila Evanse. A čtvrtá kapitola, která je hlavní částí práce, je rozdělena na dvě části. První pojednává o hudební spolupráci Milese Davise a Gila Evanse a druhá se bude zabývat rozborem alba Miles Ahead. - 7 - 2. Stav bádání Jak jiţ bylo řečeno, v rámci výzkumu dostupných zdrojů a obdobné literatury autor práce zjistil, ţe se tímto tématem v českém prostředí nikdo nezaobíral. Autor práce ovšem vyhledal zejména knihy v elektronické podobě z anglosaského prostředí zabývající se částečně i tématy spojenými s problematikou této práce. Nicméně dle provedeného výzkumu stavu bádání v rámci tohoto tématu neexistuje v anglické, české či slovenské verzi ţádná práce ani kniha zabývající analýzou výhradně sólového hraní Milese Davise na albu Miles Ahead. Existuje však literatura, jenţ se této problematiky dotýká alespoň částečně. Hlavní zdroje pro první kapitolu zabývající se vznikem big bandu jsou knihy Swingin‘ the Dream: Big band jazz and rebirth of American culture od Lewise A. Erenberga, zabývající se vznikem big bandu a jeho vývojem. Dalším zdrojem je kniha Revisiting the early of the big band: So you want to be a bandleader? od A.L. Jonese a kniha Music on record 2: Big bands od P. Stephense. Dále také několik minoritních zdrojů. Všechny tyto materiály se zabývají big bandem z různých úhlů pohledů a to většinou z pohledu bigbandového vývoje v období swingu. Ani jedna z dostupných publikací neměla stejný cíl jako první kapitola této práce, a sice analyzovat charakteristické znaky big bandu a představit důvody vzniku tohoto jazzového formátu. Autor tedy na základě informací z různých knih zkoumal odpovědi na výše uvedené otázky. Hlavní zdroje pro druhou kapitolu budou knihy Arranging concepts complete z pera Dicka Grove pojednávající o standardních rozsazích nástroje a kompozičních přístupech k jednotlivým bigbandovým ţánrům dle období. O technických moţnostech trumpety jako nástroje v kontextu s trumpetisty, kteří byli ve své době povaţováni za hráče s největším rozsahem, pojednává práce z University of Sheffield s názvem Trumpet no end: How has high register trumpet playing evolved in jazz. Tato nejmenší kapitola je zařazena kvůli specifikaci moţností nástroje. Zdrojem pro nejrozsáhlejší část práce – třetí a čtvrtou kapitolu - týkající se ţivota obou protagonistů a analýzy Evansových kompozic a způsobu interpretace skladeb na albu Miles Ahead jsou knihy The creative symbiosis of composer and performer (An examination of collaborative practice in partially improvised
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