Format:
Online-Ressource (905 p)
ISBN:
9780226043814
Series Statement:
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Music Texts""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Picking Notes out of Thin Air? Improvisation and Its Study""; ""Part I. Initial Perparations for Jazz""; ""1. Love at First Sound: Early Musical Environment""; ""2. Hangin' Out and Jammin': The Jazz Community as an Educational System""; ""Part II. Cultivating the Soloist's Skills""; ""3. A Very Structured Thing: Jazz Composistions as Vehicles for Improvisation""; ""4. Getting Your Vocabulary Straight: Learning Models for Solo Formulation""; ""5. Seeing Out a Bit: Expanding upon Early Influences""
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""6. The More Ways You Have of Thinking: Conventional Rhythmic and Theoretical Improvisation Approaches""""7. Conversing with the Piece: Initial Routines Applying Improvisation Approaches to Form""; ""8. Composing in the Moment: The Inner Dialogue and the Tale""; ""9. Improvisation and Precomposition: The Eternal Cycle""; ""10. The Never-ending State of Getting There: Soloing Ability, Ideals, and Evaluations""; ""Part III. Collective Aspects of Improvisation""; ""11. Arranging Pieces: Decisions in Rehearsal""; ""12. Adding to Arrangements: Conventions Guiding the Rhythm Section""
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""13. Give and Take: The Collective Conversation and Musical Journey""""14. When the Music's Happening and When It's Not: Evaluating Group Performances""; ""15. The Lives of Bands: Conflict Resolution and Artistic Development""; ""Part IV. Additional Factors Affecting Improvisation, and Epilogue""; ""16. Vibes and Venues: Interacting with Different Audiences in Different Settings""; ""Epilogue: Jazz as a Way of Life""; ""Part V. Music Texts""; ""Appendix A: House Congressional Resolution 57""; ""Appendix B: List of Artists Interviewed""; ""Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Discography""
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""Videography""""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
9780226044521
Additional Edition:
Print version Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation
Language:
English
Keywords:
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