Word: improvisationism
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By the time the nine performers of the Ensemble arrived in Cambridge last week, a packed schedule had been planned. But as the events of the week would show, there was still plenty of room for improvisation.
“They never explicitly told me Yo-Yo was going to play, but I thought it was a reasonable assumption to make,” says Cabot House Master Jay Harris. But any mumblings of disappointment were soon swept away by the music and the spirit of improvisation...
Making a Robert Altman movie is a leap into the unknown for everyone involved, including Altman. Oh, sure, there's a script--in this case by Garrison Keillor, who based it closely on A Prairie Home Companion, the public-radio hit he has presided over since 1974. But Altman is...
Monday, April 18. Stacy Schiff discusses “Improvisation: Franklin France and the Birth of America,” 6:30 p.m. The Harvard Book Store.
Even if you’ve never heard them before, you’re likely to be blown away by the band’s musical immediacy, lyrical simplicity, and kickass improvisation. This could be the concert you tell your grandkids about, folks.