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

• January 22, 2017 • 1 Comment

Posted in music and politics, musical content, musical perception, Reflections on musical context
Tags: conversation, donald trump, improvisation, improvisational style, music, musical improvisation, president

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

• August 10, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Posted in musical content, musical perception, Reflections on musical context
Tags: bob gluck, improvisation, jazz, lawrence marks, musical improvisation, musical perception, musicalakoff and johnson, perception

Like playing, like chatting. Like chatting, like playing

• August 9, 2016 • 2 Comments

Posted in Crafting the text, musical content, musical perception, Reflections on musical context
Tags: collective improvisation, conversation, group process, improvisation, jazz, musical improvisation

Collective improvisation: me and we

• July 31, 2016 • 1 Comment

Posted in musical content, musical perception, Reflections on musical context, religion and music, Uncategorized
Tags: bob gluck, dave liebman, improvisation, jazz, jewish mysticism, luria, music, musical improvisation, the ari

Fingers and arms as improvisational guides

• August 4, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: improvisation, musical improvisation

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