research overview
- Keith Waters's research focuses on the analysis of jazz, particularly jazz of the 1960s. He has written the 2019 book _Postbop Jazz in the 1960s: The Compositions of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea_ (Oxford University Press), the 2011 book _The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet 1965-68_ (Oxford University Press), and is the co-author of _Jazz: The First Hundred Years_, now in its 3rd edition. He has articles published in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Online, Annual Review of Jazz Studies, and others. He has also written on early 20th-century French music, including the book _Rhythmic and Contrapuntal Structures in the Music of Arthur Honegger_. As a jazz pianist, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and in Russia, and has appeared in concert with jazz artists Eddie Harris, Bobby Hutcherson, James Moody, Sheila Jordon, Chris Connor, and others.
