Re: guide tones/analysis
Reed Kotler Consulting ( reed@reedkotler.com )
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:12:47 +0000
At 03:39 PM 12/11/96 -0500, you wrote:
> Not to take anything away from Bert Ligon's book and the discussion
> on solo analysis, I wanted to mention another book: Thinking in
> Jazz-The Infinite Art of Improvisation by Paul F. Berliner
>
> I may be straying from the discussion a bit but this book was an eye
> opener for me, a beginning improvisor. It discusses the process and
> thinking behind improvisation and ensemble playing as told to the
> author by various known and lesser known players. Now, that kind
> of anecdotal description of a nonverbal process may be suspect in
> light of possible misinformation from some players, but he backs up
> his points with numerous transcriptions. What was inspiring to me
> were the stories of some great players when they were starting out
> (like Tommy Flanagan). By their own descriptions they were not
> great. But by practice, learning and transcribing they gradually
> became great. Anybody else read this book?
>
> Bob Murray
> Kalamazoo, MI
>
>
I havent read this book but it sounds interesting.
There is never any problem BTW with starting a new thread
even if an existing one is going on.
Not every discussion is of interest to everyone else and
if there is something else on your mind you can just start
a new thread.
reed
Reed Kotler
http://www.reedkotler.com