Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation |old unused book |Music Studies

Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation by Paul F. BerlinerISBN-10: 0226043819ISBN-13: 9780226043814Format: PaperbackPublisher: University of Chicago Press⁠Published: 1994Pages: 883 pagesSeries: Chicago Studies in EthnomusicologyLanguage: EnglishCategory: Jazz, music studies, improvisationBook description:This is an in-depth study of how jazz musicians learn, practise, and create improvisation. Paul F. Berliner combines music analysis, his own experience as a jazz trumpeter, and interviews with more than 50 professional jazz musicians. The book explores how musicians develop their musical vocabulary, build solos, work with rhythm sections, rehearse, communicate within a band, and respond creatively during live performance. It also includes musical examples and transcriptions connected to recordings.It is suitable for jazz musicians, music students, educators, ethnomusicology students, and readers interested in the creative process behind jazz performance.