[Dixielandjazz] Improvisors

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Of course, creative improvisers are all confident of their ability,
gift, unconscious mind, etc., etc., <grin>
By the same token, perhaps those that cannot improvise are
______"blank?"________. (fill in your own thoughts)
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:49 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Improvisors


>> Lowell Busching <verbose at daktel.com>
>>
>> If you can get a copy of the USA Today paper for Wednesday, March 5th,
>> look at the small article on the bottom of page 9D. It has now been
>> scientifically proven, by a brain researcher who is also a saxophone
>> player, that the center of improvising in the brain is the exact same
>> area that gets turned on when you ask a musician about himself or
>> herself.  I.E. those that are full of themselves are most likely to be
>> the best improvisers with music.
>>
>> The findings were published Feb 27 in "Public Library of Science ONE."
>>
>> This would seem to indicate that if you need to find a good improviser
>> for your band to look for the most self centered musician you can  find,
>> and your odds of getting a good one will improve.
>
> OK, Mad Dog, I'm taking the bait.
>
> Little did i realize that the website I posted about the "Creative 
> Process in Jazz" would specifically relate to USA Today's article.
> For those who want more information on Creativity and Improvisation in 
> Jazz, and what it REALLY is, go to:
>
> http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=28416#6  (also  published 
> in late February)
>
> Of course, creative improvisors are all confident of their ability,  gift, 
> unconscious mind, etc., etc., <grin>
> By the same token, perhaps those that cannot improvise are 
> ______________. (fill in your own thoughts)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
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