Improvisation. Jazz
Description
This program examines frameworks in which jazz musicians improvise and looks at the interrelationship between songwriter and improviser. Courtney Pine uses his percussion-heavy "Jazz Step," based on 12-bar blues, as a jumping-off point to discuss how a small group interacts when improvising as well as matters of technique such as riffs, three-chord progressions, and blues scales. Django Bates works within a big band context to dig into the dynamics of scoring a large-scale piece where improvisation is to play a large part. When it comes to jazz, a piece isn't finished being written until it's played.
Runtime
20 min
Series
Subjects
- Musical form (89)
- Style, Musical (119)
- Improvisation (Music) (2)
- Jazz (60)
- Music (926)
- Jazz-rock (Music) (2)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2002
Database
Films on Demand
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