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Thinking in jazz: the infinite art of improvisation
Paul Berliner
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Frontmatter
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List of Figures (page ix)
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List of Music Texts (page xiii)
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Acknowledgments (page xvii)
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Introduction: Picking Notes out of Thin Air? Improvisation and Its Study (page 1)
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PART I Initial Preparations for Jazz
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Chapter One Love at First Sound: Early Musical Environment (page 21)
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Chapter Two Hangin' Out and Jammin': The Jazz Community as an Educational System (page 36)
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PART II Cultivating the Soloist's Skills
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Chapter Three A Very Structured Thing: Jazz Compositions as Vehicles for Improvisation (page 63)
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Chapter Four Getting Vocabulary Straight: Learning Models for Solo Formulation (page 95)
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Chapter Five Seeing Out a Bit: Expanding upon Early Influences (page 120)
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Chapter Six The More Ways You Have of Thinking: Conventional Rhythmic and Theoretical Improvisation Approaches (page 146)
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Chapter Seven Conversing with the Piece: Initial Routines Applying Improvisation Approaches to Form (page 170)
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Chapter Eight Composing in the Moment: The Inner Dialogue and the Tale (page 192)
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Chapter Nine Improvisation and Precomposition: The Eternal Cycle (page 221)
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Chapter Ten The Never-ending State of Getting There: Soloing Ability, Ideals, and Evaluations (page 243)
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PART III Collective Aspects of Improvisation
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Chapter Eleven Arranging Pieces: Decisions in Rehearsal (page 289)
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Chapter Twelve Adding to Arrangements: Conventions Guiding the Rhythm Section (page 314)
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Chapter Thirteen Give and Take: The Collective Conversation and Musical Journey (page 348)
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Chapter Fourteen When the Music's Happening and When It's Not: Evaluating Group Performances (page 387)
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Chapter Fifteen The Lives of Bands: Conflict Resolution and Artistic Development (page 416)
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PART IV Additional Factors Affecting Improvisation, and Epilogue
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Chapter Sixteen Vibes and Venues: Interacting with Different Audiences in Different Settings (page 449)
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Epilogue: Jazz as a Way of Life (page 485)
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PART V Music Texts (page 505)
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Appendix A: House Congressional Resolution 57 (page 759)
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Appendix B: List of Artists Interviewed (page 760)
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Sources (page 763)
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Notes (page 769)
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Discography (page 827)
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Videography (page 833)
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Bibliography (page 837)
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Index (page 851)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAMS | 51.2 (Summer 1998): 392-406 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/831983 |
YTM | 27 (1995): 165-168 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/768120 |
NOT | 52.2 (Dec. 1995): 436-439 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/899035 |
BJE | 7 (1998): 143-151 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3060712 |
OHR | 24.2 (Winter 1997): 156-59 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3675568 |
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Published: c1994
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
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