William Bolcom's "Garden Of Eden" Performance Research And Its Inspiration To Jazz Piano Teaching

Reviewing my own learning to piano works and reviewing the popularity of jazz piano works in domestic piano teaching,I will focus my research on William Bolcom.William Bolcom is one of the most influential contemporary American composers,but his name is still unknown in China.This paper will take the music score and performance of William Bolcom important ragtime work "Eden" as the research object.This paper will use the description of the musical content,musical analysis to have further research.And it will combine with my own practicing and interpretation experiences,the analysis of the work's technical and artistic.Beside this work,it will give out some suggestions to the current situation of jazz piano education in China and puts forward some suggestions to enrich teaching materials,expand students'artistic vision,improve the practice of jazz piano in class and enhance the ability of piano performance.