Allen Myers – Poster Presentation “Inspiration in the Development of Form”
Brad Mehldau DMA Program Notes of a piano recital – discussion on his use of consonance and dissonance
Earl MacDonald Blog: Composing Bob Brookmeyer rehearsing Vanguard Orchestra, Arranging for Westchester Jazz Orchestra Stealing from McNeely
George Handy arranger and composer of Boyd Raebrun Orchestra, Dissertation by Benjamin Biermann
Gil Evans Arrangement of “My Ship” w/ Transcription by Jim Martin
Inside the Score in the 21st Century: Techniques for Contemporary Large Jazz Ensemble Composition by Tyler Dennis
International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers
Jacob Collier – Music Theory Interview
Jazz Continuum Collected Writings – Keeping the Peace by Graham Collier
Jazz Arranging and Composing Books
Scott Healy’s Jazz Composition Blog: Writing, Arranging and Listening
THE BIRTH OF JERU: GERRY MULLIGAN‘S EARLY COMPOSING/ARRANGING CAREER (1945-1953) – Richard Samuel Fine
Tim Davies – jazz part 1, jazz melody and voicing part 2,
Bob Brookmeyer
A Study of BobBrookmeyers’ Compositional Stytle for Large Jazz Ensemble dissertation by Stephen J. Guerra Jr.
The Development of Bob Brookmeyers’ Compositional Style: A Comparative Study of Six Works for Jazz Ensemble dissertation by Ryan Patrick Middagh
The Music of Bob Brookmeyer and his influence Upon Contemporary Composers and Arrangers of Large Ensemble Works dissertation by Kevin Neil Dempsey
Unifying composition and improvisation : applying Bob Brookmeyer’s pitch module concept to composition and improvisation dissertation by Michael Wallace.
Darce James Argue
Darce James Argue’s Blog – Part of the Carnegie Hall Musical Exchange
Performance at Berklee with the Rainbow Big Band
Duke Ellington
Smithsonian Online Virtual Archive
Duke Ellington Jazz Composition Study Group Los Angeles
Duke Elington and Billy Strayhorn Jazz Composers (Smithsonian Albert H. Small Document Gallery)
The International Duke Ellington Music Society
Arranging Ellington: The Ellington Effect by Darcy James Argue – Article discussing the unusual voice leading in just a few bars of Ellington’s Mood Indigo.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUKE ELLINGTON’S COMPOSITIONAL STYLE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THREE SELECTED WORKS Masters thesis by Eric Strother
John La Barbera
John La Barbera Jazz Arranging Interview Part 1
John La Barbera Jazz Arranging Interview Part 2
Jim McNeely
Jim McNeely Website – Study scores can be purchased in the store section
Mostly Music Blog – interview with Jim McNeely
Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider Videos includes advice to young composers, composer’s block and more
Meter, Phrase, and Form in the Compositions of Maria Schneider Dissertation by Benjamin M. Geyer
