Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society (Paperback)

Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society By Gabriel Solis, Bruno Nettl (Editor), Stephen Blum (Contributions by), Patricia Shehan Campbell (Contributions by), Sabine M. Feisst (Contributions by), Lawrence Gushee (Contributions by), Robert S. Hatten (Contributions by), William Kinderman (Contributions by), Natalie Kononenko (Contributions by), Robert Levin (Contributions by), Charlotte Mattax Moersch (Contributions by), Ingrid Monson (Contributions by), John P. Murphy (Contributions by), Bruno Nettl (Contributions by), A. Jihad Racy (Contributions by), Anne K. Rasmussen (Contributions by), Stephen Slawek (Contributions by), Gabriel Solis (Contributions by), Nicholas Temperley (Contributions by), John Toenjes (Contributions by), Thomas Turino (Contributions by) Cover Image

Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society (Paperback)

By Gabriel Solis, Bruno Nettl (Editor), Stephen Blum (Contributions by), Patricia Shehan Campbell (Contributions by), Sabine M. Feisst (Contributions by), Lawrence Gushee (Contributions by), Robert S. Hatten (Contributions by), William Kinderman (Contributions by), Natalie Kononenko (Contributions by), Robert Levin (Contributions by), Charlotte Mattax Moersch (Contributions by), Ingrid Monson (Contributions by), John P. Murphy (Contributions by), Bruno Nettl (Contributions by), A. Jihad Racy (Contributions by), Anne K. Rasmussen (Contributions by), Stephen Slawek (Contributions by), Gabriel Solis (Contributions by), Nicholas Temperley (Contributions by), John Toenjes (Contributions by), Thomas Turino (Contributions by)

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"Cutting across traditional subject boundaries in music and cultural studies, this admirably comprehensive work adopts a welcome interdisciplinary ideal and makes a truly significant contribution to our knowledge of musical improvisation."--Robert Witmer, professor emeritus of music, York University

Contributors are Stephen Blum, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Sabine M. Feisst, Lawrence Gushee, Robert S. Hatten, William Kinderman, Natalie Kononenko, Robert Levin, Charlotte Mattax Moersch, Ingrid Monson, John P. Murphy, Bruno Nettl, A. Jihad Racy, Anne K. Rasmussen, Stephen Slawek, Gabriel Solis, Nicholas Temperley, John Toenjes, and Thomas Turino.

Gabriel Solis is an associate professor of music and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making.Bruno Nettl is a professor emeritus of music and anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-one Issues and Concepts and other works.
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Product Details ISBN: 9780252076541
ISBN-10: 0252076540
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: July 24th, 2009
Pages: 376
Language: English
"Valuable not only to researchers but also to performers, who will find their minds opened to how music different from their own can help them improvise better in their chosen genre. . . . Recommended."--Choice

"A goldmine of information ... that is relevant to the amateur and scholar alike."--Ethnomusicology

"An impressive and often sophisticated collection of essays. . . . it certainly constitutes a welcome addition to the field."--The World of Music


"Cutting across traditional subject boundaries in music and cultural studies, this admirably comprehensive work adopts a welcome interdisciplinary ideal and makes a truly significant contribution to our knowledge of musical improvisation."--Robert Witmer, professor emeritus of music, York University