A compact disc containing the audio examples cited throughout the text is available at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA 94720, (510) 643-9990 x 300. However, the text is understandable without this supplementary material. All musical selections are small excerpts from original recordings, unless otherwise indicated. Selections in parentheses were created by the author.
Track# | chapter | page # | artist or (example) | title |
1. | Ch. 2 | 17 | Art Tatum | "This Could Be Love" |
2. | Ch. 3 | 21 | James Brown | "Give it Up or Turn it Loose" |
3. | Ch. 4 | 37 | Thelonious Monk | "Misterioso" |
4. | "Let's Call This" | |||
5. | "Four in One" | |||
6. | Charlie Parker | "52nd Street Theme" | ||
7. | Thelonious Monk | "Monk's Point" | ||
8. | "Light Blue" | |||
9. | "Gallop's Gallop" | |||
10. | "Trinkle, Tinkle" | |||
11. | Ch. 4 | 48-49 | John Coltrane | "Spiritual" |
12. | Ch. 4 | 50 | Anlo Ewe drumming | kaganu pattern |
13. | Ch. 4 | 52 | Cecil Taylor Orchestra | rehearsal excerpt |
14. | Ch. 4 | 58 | Eric Dolphy | "Out There" |
15. | Ornette Coleman | "Check Out Time" | ||
16. | Miles Davis | "In a Silent Way" | ||
17. | James Brown | "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing" | ||
18. | De La Soul | "Down Syndrome" | ||
19. | De La Soul | "Wonce Again Long Island" | ||
20. | Busta Rhymes | "Do My Thing" | ||
21. | Ch. 4 | 63 | Duke Ellington | "Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue" |
22. | John Coltrane | "Chasing the Trane" | ||
23. | Aruna Sayeeram | "Mahaganapatim" | ||
24. | Ch. 4 | 64 | James Brown | "Get Up (I feel like being a) Sex Machine" |
25. | John Coltrane | "Transition" | ||
26. | Ch. 4 | 65 | T. Monk feat. Coltrane | "Trinkle, Tinkle" |
27. | Ch. 4 | 69 | Ahmad Jamal | "Poinciana" |
28. | Ch. 5 | 79 | Los Muñequitos | "Fundamento Dilanga" |
29. | James Brown | "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing" | ||
30. | Ch. 5 | 89-90 | (Anlo-Ewe bell pattern) | |
31. | (Yoruba bell pattern) | |||
32. | (other bell pattern) | |||
33. | (Yoruba bell pattern, grouped) | |||
34. | Ch. 5 | 90 | (3:4 composite rhythm) | |
35. | Ch. 5 | 92 | (RTP examples) | |
36. | Ch. 5 | 100 | Mustapha Tettey Addy | "Oshika" |
37. | Ch. 6 | 111 | Los Muñequitos | "Oyelos de Nuevo" |
38. | Ch. 6 | 112 | (asynchrony part 1) | |
39. | (asynchrony part 2) | |||
40. | Ch. 6 | 113-114 | (streaming part 1) | |
41. | (streaming part 2) | |||
42. | Ch. 6 | 115 | (spreading part 1) | |
43. | (spreading part 2) | |||
44. | Ch. 6 | 116 | John Chowning | vibrato & auditory scene analysis demo |
45. | Ch. 6 | 118 | (swing part 1) | |
46. | (swing part 2) | |||
47. | Ch. 6 | 118-119 | (backbeat part 1) | |
48. | (backbeat part 2) | |||
49. | Ch. 6 | 121 | Thelonious Monk | "I'm Confessin'" (complete) |
50. | Ch. 6 | 122 | excerpt of same | |
51. | Ch. 6 | 123 | Ahmad Jamal | "But Not for Me" (complete) |
52. | Ch. 6 | 124 | excerpt of same | |
53. | Ch. 9 | 142 | John Coltrane | "Chasing the Trane" |
54. | Ch. 9 | 144 | Busta Rhymes | "Dangerous" |
55. | Ch. 9 | 145 | Squarepusher | "Journey to Reedham" |
56. | Ch. 9 | 145 | Terminator X | "Vendetta... The Big Getback" |
57. | Ch. 9 | 146 | Miya Masaoka | live duo with pianist Vijay Iyer |
58. | Ch. 9 | 147 | David Wessel | live duo with vocalist Shafqat Ali Khan |
59. | Ch. 9 | 147 | George Lewis | "Voyager Duo II" |
60. | Ch. 9 | 148 | Madonna | "Frozen" |
61. | Ch. 9 | 148 | James Brown | "Please, Please, Please" |