In the Course of Performance: Studies in the World of Musical Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) [Paperback] Review

An excellent set of articles on improvisation, with one on the psychology of improv, and articles on Gamelan, Arabic music, jazz, Cantonese opera, Latin dance, Hindustani music, children's games.
Improvisation is not the same everywhere.And there are differences from culture to culture, and performer to performer, in just how much of a performance is improvised.These essays address these and other issues.

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In the Course of Performance is the first book in decades to illustrate and explain the practices and processes of musical improvisation. Improvisation, by its very nature, seems to resist interpretation or elucidation. This difficulty may account for the very few attempts scholars have made to provide a general guide to this elusive subject. With contributions by seventeen scholars and improvisers, In the Course of Performance offers a history of research on improvisation and an overview of the different approaches to the topic that can be used, ranging from cognitive study to detailed musical analysis. Such diverse genres as Italian lyrical singing, modal jazz, Indian classical music, Javanese gamelan, and African-American girls' singing games are examined. The most comprehensive guide to the understanding of musical improvisation available, In the Course of Performance will be indispensable to anyone attracted to this fascinating art.

Contributors are Stephen Blum, Sau Y. Chan, Jody Cormack, Valerie Woodring Goertzen, Lawrence Gushee, Eve Harwood, Tullia Magrini, Peter Manuel, Ingrid Monson, Bruno Nettl, Jeff Pressing, Ali Jihad Racy, Ronald Riddle, Stephen Slawek, Chris Smith, R. Anderson Sutton, and T. Viswanathan.

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Songs of the Unsung : The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott [Hardcover] Review

SONGS OF THE UNSUNG: THE MUSICAL & SOCIAL JOURNEY OF HORACE TAPSCOTT is an engaging read. Not only is the book the autobiography of Los Angeles pianist and bandleader Horace Tapscott, it is an informative history of West Coast jazz and Los Angeles black arts.

Tapscott worked with writer Steve Isoardi for several years through the 1990s. They first connected for the Isoardi-led book CENTRAL AVENUE SOUNDS. Read both of these books as well as THE DARK TREE for the hidden hitory of West Coast community arts. Horace Tapscott was a major musical pioneer for over 40 years, read details of his amazing story here.

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