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Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE (CHUP)) Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Aug. 1994
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This text reveals how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. It aims to illuminate the distinctive creative processes that comprise improvisation. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Berliner's integration of data concerning musical development, the rigorous practice and thought artists devote to jazz outside performance, and the complexities of composing in the moment leads to a new understanding of jazz improvisation as a language, an aesthetic and a tradition. The product of more than 15 years of immersion in the jazz world, "Thinking in Jazz" combines participant observation with detailed musicological analysis, the author's own experience as a jazz trumpeter, interpretations of published material by scholars and performers, and, above all, original data from interviews with more than 50 professional musicians. Together, the interviews provide insight into the production of jazz by great artists like Betty Carter, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker. "Thinking in Jazz" features musical examples from the 1920s to the present, including transcriptions (keyed to commercial recordings) of collective improvisations by Miles Davis's and John Coltrane's groups.
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ISBN-100226043819
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ISBN-13978-0226043814
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Edition2nd ed.
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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
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Publication date1 Aug. 1994
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LanguageEnglish
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Dimensions22.91 x 15.34 x 4.83 cm
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Print length904 pages
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A landmark in jazz studies, 'Thinking in Jazz' reveals as never before how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice.
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Paul F. Berliner is the Arts and Sciences Professor Emeritus of Music at Duke University.
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- Publisher : University of Chicago Press; 2nd ed. edition (1 Aug. 1994)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 904 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0226043819
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226043814
- Dimensions : 22.91 x 15.34 x 4.83 cm
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A great book for someone who wants to understand the process of learning to play jazz and what it is the musicians are doing. It’s not a “how to play “ book and it’s not a book for the listener. More a book for the aspiring musician.
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Big beautiful book.
Very easy to read, and reads quite quickly. Recommended for those interested in the ethnographic study of jazz.
Very easy to read, and reads quite quickly. Recommended for those interested in the ethnographic study of jazz.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2018
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Superb.
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Good research and in-depth content, revealing many hidden and valuable secrets in the Jazz!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2013
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This book is more informative than i first thought, very educational for the aspiring jazz artist, wish i bought it before.
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The book was much more interesting than i tthought it would be,very complete and informative,and a great price.
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Very informative.






