The Jazz Flute

by Peter Westbrook

The simplest of wind instruments, the flute has been ubiquitous in every culture from antiquity to the present. However, its "small" sound kept it from being a solo instrument before amplification. The flute's history, both in and out of jazz, is reported here by flutist and musicologist Peter Westbrook. This reference book includes photographs, covers the jazz flute's evolution from Eric Dolphy to Herbie Mann to world music, and includes an extensive discography. The Jazz Flute is a salute to this marvelous instrument and cites the artists, techniques, and styles that have made the flute a rich and integral part of contemporary music.

Paperback

Published July 1, 2003

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Peter Westbrook is a flutist, saxophonist, musicologist and educator. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology and has studied jazz theory and performance with Lionel Grigson, Gary Peacock, and Ali Ryerson and Indian classical flute with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. He performs and lectures extensively throughout the USA, Europe and India. He is the author of numerous CD liner notes, articles for such publications as Down Beat, Saxophone Journal, Cadence, Flutist Quarterly, and jazzreview.com, and books such as Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras and the forthcoming Music, Psyche, Cosmos. A member of the jazz committee for the National Flute Association, Dr. Westbrook is the director of the Harmonia Institute in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

[from http://fluteinjazz.com/]