%0 Journal Article
%T Composers as Jazz Innovators
%A Stefano Zenni
%J Current Research in Jazz
%D 2012
%I Current Research in Jazz
%X Histories of jazz often employ the model of a 'tree of influences,' following generations of improvisers and asserting that jazz is essentially a player's art. However, another narrative is possible, in which the focus is on innovation by composers who expanded the jazz language and sometimes influenced improvisers, and that such stylistic change displays interaction among improvisers and composers.
%K jazz
%K composition
%U http://www.crj-online.org/v4/CRJ-ComposersInnovators.php