{"product_id":"thinking-in-jazz-9780226043814","title":"Thinking in Jazz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures  List of Music Texts  Acknowledgments  Introduction: Picking Notes out of Thin Air? Improvisation and Its Study  Ch. 1: Love at First Sound: Early Musical Environment  Ch. 2: Hangin' Out and Jammin': The Jazz Community as an Educational System  Ch. 3: A Very Structured Thing: Jazz Compositions as Vehicles for  Improvisation  Ch. 4: Getting Your Vocabulary Straight: Learning Models for Solo  Formulation  Ch. 5: Seeing Out a Bit: Expanding upon Early Influences  Ch. 6: The More Ways You Have of Thinking: Conventional Rhythmic and  Theoretical Improvisation Approaches  Ch. 7: Conversing with the Piece: Initial Routines Applying Improvisation  Approaches to Form  Ch. 8: Composing in the Moment: The Inner Dialogue and the Tale  Ch. 9: Improvisation and Precomposition: The Eternal Cycle  Ch. 10: The Never-ending State of Getting There: Soloing Ability, Ideals,  and Evaluations  Ch. 11: Arranging Pieces: Decisions in Rehearsal  Ch. 12: Adding to Arrangements: Conventions Guiding the Rhythm Section  Ch. 13: Give and Take: The Collective Conversation and Musical Journey  Ch. 14: When the Music's Happening and When It's Not: Evaluating Group  Performances  Ch. 15: The Lives of Bands: Conflict Resolution and Artistic Development  Ch. 16: Vibes and Venues: Interacting with Different Audiences in Different  Settings  Epilogue: Jazz as a Way of Life  Music Texts  Appendix A: House Congressional Resolution 57  Appendix B: List of Artists Interviewed  Sources  Notes  Discography  Videography  Bibliography","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49369157599575,"sku":"9780226043814","price":31.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226043814.jpg?v=1730128566","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thinking-in-jazz-9780226043814","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}