Interaction Improvisation and Interplay in Jazz

<p><em>Interaction Improvisation and Interplay in Jazz</em> <em>Performance </em>offers a new and exciting way to listen to and understand jazz. When describing a performance most jazz writers focus on the improvised lines of the soloist and their underlying harmonic progressions. This approach overlooks the basic fact that when you listen to jazz you almost never hear a single line but rather a musical fabric woven by several musicians in real time. While it is often pragmatic to single out an individual solo line it is important to remember that an improvised solo is but one thread in that fabric; and it is a thread supported by responded to and responsive of the parts being played by the other musicians in the group. </p><p><em>Interaction Improvisation and Interplay in Jazz Performance</em> explores the process of player interaction in jazz and the role this interaction plays in creating improvised music including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>jazz improvisation through theory and analysis</li> <p> </p> <li>musical roles behaviours and relationships</li> <p> </p> <li>harmony interaction and performance </li> </ul><p><em>Interaction Improvisation and Interplay in Jazz Performance</em> will appeal to students of jazz history composition and performance as well as to the general jazz audience. </p>