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Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series)
Paul F. Berliner
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Paperback. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1220. The Infinite Art of Improvisation. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight: 1220.
This text reveals how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. It aims to illuminate the distinctive creative processes that comprise improvisation. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Berliner's integration of data concerning musical development, the rigorous practice and thought artists devote to jazz outside 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 ... Read more
This text reveals how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. It aims to illuminate the distinctive creative processes that comprise improvisation. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Berliner's integration of data concerning musical development, the rigorous practice and thought artists devote to jazz outside 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
904
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Number of Pages
904
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226043814
SKU
V9780226043814
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