Thinking In Jazz Infinite Art Of Improvisation
The Infinite Art of Improvisation
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The Infinite Art of Improvisation. Jazz, Jazz Instruction. Thinking In Jazz. Softcover Book. Jamey Aebersold Jazz #9780226043814. Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz (HU.9780226043814).

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A landmark in jazz studies, Thinking in Jazz reveals as never before howmusicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chro nicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner documents boththe remarkable creativity and the lifetime of preparation that lies beh ind the skilled improviser's every idea. His integration of data on musical development, the rigorous practice and thought artists devote to jazz outside of performance, and the complexities of composing in the moment leads to a new understanding of jazz improvisation as a language, an aesthetic, and a tradition. The product of more than fifteen years of immersion in the jazz world, Thinking in Jazz combines participant observation with detailed musicological analysis, the author's experience as a jazz trumpeter, extensive transcriptions of collective improvisations, and, above all, original data from interviews with more than fifty professional musicians. Together, this material provides insight into the production of jazz by great artists like Betty Carter, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker. This unprecedented journey to the heart of the jazz tradition will fascinate and enlighten musicians, musicologists, and jazz fans alike.