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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Music Texts
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Picking Notes out of Thin Air? Improvisation and Its Study
PART I - Initial Preparations for Jazz
Chapter One - Love at First Sound: Early Musical Environment
Chapter Two - Hangin’ Out and Jammin’: The Jazz Community as an Educational System
PART II - Cultivating the Soloist’s Skills
Chapter Three - A Very Structured Thing: Jazz Compositions as Vehicles for Improvisation
Chapter Four - Getting Your Vocabulary Straight: Learning Models for Solo Formulation
Chapter Five - Seeing Out a Bit: Expanding upon Early Influences
Chapter Six - The More Ways You Have of Thinking: Conventional Rhythmic and Theoretical Improvisation Approaches
Chapter Seven - Conversing with the Piece: Initial Routines Applying Improvisation Approaches to Form
Chapter Eight - Composing in the Moment: The Inner Dialogue and the Tale
Chapter Nine - Improvisation and Precomposition: The Eternal Cycle
Chapter Ten - The Never-ending State of Getting There: Soloing Ability, Ideals, and Evaluations
PART III - Collective Aspects of Improvisation
Chapter Eleven - Arranging Pieces: Decisions in Rehearsal
Chapter Twelve - Adding to Arrangements: Conventions Guiding the Rhythm Section
Chapter Thirteen - Give and Take: The Collective Conversation and Musical Journey
Chapter Fourteen - When the Music’s Happening and When It’s Not: Evaluating Group Performances
Chapter Fifteen - The Lives of Bands: Conflict Resolution and Artistic Development
PART IV - Additional Factors Affecting Improvisation, and Epilogue
Chapter Sixteen - 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
Videography
Bibliography
Index
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