Paul Read On Composing From The Inside Out

Composer and educator Paul Read explains how writing from the inside out produces forms we weren't expecting, using his piece "Prayer". Melody, harmony, rhythm, and orchestration may get all the credit, but form does a lot of the heavy lifting!
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Paul Read is a composer, arranger, pianist, saxophonist, and educator. He directed his own big band: the Paul Read Orchestra, and for 20 years was pianist/arranger with the Trish Colter Sextet. In 1991, he founded the Jazz Studies program at the University of Toronto where he was Director of Jazz Studies and Graduate Jazz Studies. Before that, Paul was a member of the Humber College Music Faculty in Toronto from 1979 to 1991. He is a recipient of the Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Music by the Toronto Arts Foundation, the 2018 Ken Page Memorial Trust Lifetime Achievement in Music Award, and in 2022, the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) Distinguished Service Award.

Website: https://www.paulread.ca

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AUDIO CREDITS

Intro: “Chance Encounter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. http://danjam.ca/

Example 1: “Prayer”, composed by Paul Read. Performed by the Ron Collier Jazz Orchestra (live).

Closing: “Crunchy Peanut Butter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. http://danjam.ca/

Referenced Audio: “Prayer”, composed by Paul Read. Performed by the Paul Read Orchestra, on the album “Arc-en-Ciel” (2010)
   • Prayer  

Referenced Audio: “Celebration”, composed by Paul Read. Performed by the Paul Read Orchestra, on the album “Arc-en-Ciel” (2010)
   • Prayer  

Referenced Masterclass: Ed Partyka – Creativity With Common Jazz Forms: https://www.jazzcomposerspresent.com/...

Referenced Masterclass: Ed Partyka – Principles of Form: https://www.jazzcomposerspresent.com/...

Referenced Reading: Jazz Scores and Analysis: Volume 2, Strings And Other Things, by Richard Lawn
https://www.shermusic.com/97809910773...

Referenced Audio: “7.5”, composed by Bill Stewart. Performed by Bill Stewart on the album “Snide Remarks” (1995) Blue Note.
   • 7.5  

Referenced Audio: “7.5”, composed by Bill Stewart. Performed by the Chris Potter Quartet on the album “Lift - Live At The Village Vanguard” (2004) Sunnyside.
   • 7.5 (Live at The Village Vanguard, Ne...  

Referenced Audio: “Dancer In Nowhere”, composed by Miho Hazama. Performed by Miho Hazama’s m_unit on the album “Dancer In Nowhere” (2018) Sunnyside.
   • Miho Hazama: Dancer in Nowhere feat. ...