Monson, Ingrid T. <br/><br/>
Saying something  jazz improvisation and interaction /  [electronic resource] : 
Ingrid Monson. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  c1996. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 253 p.) :  ill., music. 
 - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology .
 - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Contents; Introduction; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Talking to Musicians; 2 Grooving and Feeling; 3 Music, Language, and Cultural Styles: Improvisation as Conversation; 4 Intermusicality; 5 Interaction, Feeling, and Musical Analysis; 6 Ethnomusicology, Interaction, and Poststructuralism; Coda; Notes; Interviews; Recordings; Bibliography; Index. 
<br/><br/> This fresh look at the neglected rhythm section in jazz ensembles shows that the improvisational interplay among drums, bass, and piano is just as innovative, complex, and spontaneous as the solo. Ingrid Monson juxtaposes musicians' talk and musical examples to ask how musicians go about "saying something" through music in a way that articulates identity, politics, and race. Through interviews with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Higgins, Cecil McBee, and others, she develops a perspective on jazz improvisation that has "interactiveness" at its core, in t. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226534794 (electronic bk.) 0226534790 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>207007  MIL 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jazz--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Improvisation (Music)<br/>Jazz.<br/>MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Jazz.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3506  / .M64 1996eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.65/136