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    The Free Jazz Improvisation How-To

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    Free Jazz Improvisation.pdf (112 KB)
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    Click here to download:
    Free Jazz Improvisation.pdf (112 KB)

    A tasty little gem found on the fileshares, a document that just seemed too precious not to share: bassist John Voigt had once upon a time posted a compendium of quotations on the practice of playing Free Jazz, dozens of tips culled from interviews with master improvisers from Ray Anderson to David Ware.


     "The whole point of all of this is to play without any givens, without any
    compositions. It's a quantum leap forward. You're telling human beings that
    they can trust their intuitions to create forms, rather than need forms to
    create intuitions." (Paul Bley)

    while there are differing opinions on best strategies to elicit intelligent free improvisation, the list speaks a remarkable commonality in the advice from the pros, particularly on an earnest trust and attention to empathy.

    Sadly the originating website appears to be long gone (last seen in 2002) and most of the links cited in the document hit cobwebs, and my attempts to reach John Voigt through his account on freejazz.org haven't connected, so I don't know if his archive still lives and expands somewhere; if you know anything about it, please post a comment here.
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    • 26 August 2010
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