Archive for the 'Reflections on musical context' Category

Protecting the word “improvisation” from a new president’s (allegedly) “improvisational style”

• January 22, 2017 • 1 Comment

Improvisers not by our ears alone; the limitations of hearing; attuning to a multiplicity of senses

• August 10, 2016 • Leave a Comment

John Mars: Memories of Barry Altschul, Anthony Braxton, and Dave Holland in Toronto

• August 9, 2016 • 2 Comments

Like playing, like chatting. Like chatting, like playing

• August 9, 2016 • 2 Comments

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish: flocks, schools and musical improvisation

• August 9, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Collective improvisation: me and we

• July 31, 2016 • 1 Comment

Thinking about Cecil Taylor

• April 24, 2016 • 3 Comments

What Ornette Coleman teaches us about civic engagement

• September 25, 2015 • 1 Comment

The Rite of Bitches Brew: Miles Davis’s BB in light of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre

• September 3, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Some observations about defining the spiritual in music – An ongoing consideration: 1998 – 2013

• December 22, 2013 • 1 Comment