Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
by Stephen Nachmanovitch
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Author: Stephen NachmanovitchEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-05-01
ISBN: 0874776317
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Tarcher
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Book Review: Placing improvisation amongst the primary creative functions
Summary: 5 Stars
Here is a book that places the act of improvisation amongst the primary creative functions in both art and life. Although this isn?t a technical text-book, it more than compensates for the paucity of insight generally offered within the plethora of improvisation manuals that catalogue musical devices in long and over-extensive lists, and a jazz education industry that is generally concerned with the less problematic and tangible aspects of music making. Here the author explores the essential nature of the impulse to improvise, placing it alongside the primary creative function in life common to us all. The writing is thoroughly researched and well referenced but most importantly, Stephen Nachmanovitch writes with the authority born of experience. This is no phoney New Age pot-boiler, more a rigourously researched and profound examination into one of the sacred arts - improvising. I recommend it to any artist or interested creative mind.Simon Purcell Professor of Jazz Improvisation and Piano Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK
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