Word: improvement
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...Sarah C. Haskins `01 remembers seeing IGP (Immediate Gratification Players) during her pre-frosh weekend, and noting the remarkable talent of the improv troupe...
...Haskins says she has always liked improv comedy; she attended several performances of the popular Chicago-based Second City before coming to Harvard, but it was only after being accepted into IGP that Haskins was able to develop her talent and her improv theory...
...sensible. His take on Crosby's movies is knowledgeable, always erring (if this can be called an error) on the positive side. Bing may not be a true jazz singer, but Giddins makes a jazz symphony of his early life and career. "A Pocketful of Dreams" is an inspired improv on the familiar materials of that life; a righteous riff, with footnotes. The book makes Crosby hip by association, not with Armstrong, but with Giddins...
...show will be hosted by Harvard's Instant Gratification Players (IGP), a student improv-comedy troupe...
DIED. JOHN LEWIS, 80, primary composer and musical director of the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet; after a battle with prostate cancer; in New York City. Lewis joined classical sensibilities with jazz improv to create his distinct sound and insisted that the M.J.Q. perform in tuxes in an attempt to make jazz as respectable as classical music. His compositions Django and Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West have become jazz standards...