Word: improvisationism
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Charlie Shepard's little improvisation on the 1-1-2 housing proposal (Crimson, October 16) takes off from the wholly erroneous "fact" that the plan intends to group sophomores in the Yard by concentration. As co-author of the plan, I can assure you that no one has suggested any...
It is a success tinged with irony. Phoebe, 25, is actually a jazz singer in the mold of Billie Holiday. As yet she lacks the white-hot intensity of Lady Day, but the pain that wrenches her voice is genuine. She sings from deep personal emotion, with lightning improvisation and...
In chamber music, it is easy for the performers to join in the compositional process through improvisation. Berio's manner of notating his pieces calls for vast interpretive powers from the performers. His Circles, for example, has no bar lines. Berio does indicate some points at which the singer, harpist...
The "paper event" itself is what Mallardi refers to as a "structured improvisation." As choreographer she provided the structure long strips of kraft paper which the dancers contemplate, hug, tear into balls, build with, and eventually, abandon. But the dancers-a mixed group of Harvard students and the "outside people...
Ornette Coleman was one of Marion Brown's major inspirators and Brown's music is fraught with his influence. Brown's sound, however, is distinctly his own. Supported by the rich foundation of Maarten van Regteben Altena on bass and Han Bennik of drums, Brown utilizes an echoey tone that...