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Wright taught himself how to play piano (and several other instruments) as a jazz-mad child growing up in London, and brought a sense of improvisation to the R&B group he formed with school friends Roger Waters and Nick Mason. When Syd Barrett joined in 1965, the band was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Wright | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

How has jazz influenced your writing? Jeremiah Boydstun Mililani, Hawaii I owned a jazz club and was listening to jazz every day from morning to night. I appreciate the sense of rhythm and improvisation. A good musician doesn't know what's going to happen next. It's spur of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Haruki Murakami | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

Seeing Judd work in a very commercial, but very loyal and respectful way with people, giving his actors tremendous freedom with improvisation, was great. And I was looking at their model of commercial, successful comedies and mine of dramatic films that don't make any money and thought there might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pineapple Express Director David Gordon Green | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

He was known as the "Little Giant" because of his diminutive stature, but Johnny Griffin was a musical talent of towering proportions. The Chicago-born tenor saxophonist made his name in the 1950s, collaborating with luminaries like John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey. Dismayed by the ascendancy of free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

Harvard may have a plethora of award-winning screenwriters, trained actors, and directors who have been working with visions since the age of five. But from May 1-4, Harvard drama will highlight the work of an entirely different group: middle schoolers. Kidshow!, which will take place during Arts First...

Author: By Jessica O Matthews, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Teaching Skills and Appreciation | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

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