Conference Agenda

Rhythmic and Metric Complexity in Jazz

This meeting will feature six lightning talks addressing a variety of theoretical and analytical approaches to rhythmic and metric complexity in jazz. We’ll also announce the winner of the 2023 Award for Excellence in Jazz Scholarship.

• Lightning talks (12 minutes each):

  • Sean Smither, “Expressive Timing and Thematic Transformation in Cécile McLorin Salvant’s ‘I Didn’t Know What Time It Was’”

  • Collin Felter, “A Big Band on a Small Grid: Rhythmic Techniques in Jacob Mann’s Big Band Compositions”

  • Andres Orco, “Rhythmic Complexity in Jazz: Experienced Practitioners’ Views and the Scholarly Literature”

  • Andrew Blake, “Measuring Hypermetric Complexity in Jazz Melodies”

  • John Wood, “In-beats and Out-beats: Epistemological Exclusivity at the Limits of Rhythmic Transcription”

  • Adam Ricci, “Tigran Hamasyan’s Rhythmic Translations”