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He cites various jazz performers for the natural quality of their sound production, sound that makes each performer readily identifiable. A final brief section in this chapter, on improvisation, states that group improvisation, a hallmark of early jazz, is a distinctively African practice. Schuller counters a variety of other theories of the ...
Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous invention of melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts in a performance of jazz music. It is one of the defining elements of jazz. Improvisation is composing on the spot, when a singer or instrumentalist invents melodies and lines over a chord progression played by rhythm section instruments (piano, guitar ...
Wilton Jameson "Jamey" Aebersold (born July 21, 1939) is an American publisher, educator, and jazz saxophonist. His Play-A-Long series of instructional books and CDs, using the chord-scale system, the first of which was released in 1967, are an internationally renowned resource for jazz education. [ 1 ] His summer workshops have educated ...
pianist, composer, author, teacher. Instrument (s) piano, synthesizers. Years active. 1953–2024. Website. danhaerle.com. Dan Haerle (born July 23, 1937) was a jazz pianist, composer, author and teacher, based in Denton, Texas. He was professor emeritus of Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas. [1][2]
Charlie Banacos (August 11, 1946 – December 8, 2009 [1]) was an American pianist, composer, author and educator, concentrating on jazz. Banacos created over 100 courses of study for improvisation and composition. His concepts of teaching and his courses influenced educators since the late 1950s. He was the original author of courses named ...
Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929 – April 5, 2018) [1][2][3] was an American pianist and poet. [4][5] Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms.
Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians. [ 1 ] Sometimes musical ideas in improvisation are spontaneous, but ...
Dalcroze eurhythmics, also known as the Dalcroze method or simply eurhythmics, is a developmental approach to music education.Eurhythmics was developed in the early 20th century by Swiss musician and educator Émile Jaques-Dalcroze and has influenced later music education methods, including the Kodály method, Orff Schulwerk and Suzuki Method.