Improvised music forces situations into play where...

Improvised music forces situations into play where musicians push each other into bringing different perspectives to their playing. Improvised music is not progressive in itself, but it invites constant experimentation. When players feel too secure about their approaches, the experimentation risks turning into Mannerism. What I would like to explore here are the moments in which players leave behind a safe zone and expose themselves in the face of the internalised structures of judgment that govern our appreciation of music. These I would call fragile moments.

Page 20. - "Going Fragile" (July 2005)

Improvised music forces situations into play where musicians push each other into bringing different perspectives to their playing. Improvised music...

Improvised music forces situations into play where musicians push each other into bringing different perspectives to their playing. Improvised music...

Improvised music forces situations into play where musicians push each other into bringing different perspectives to their playing. Improvised music...

Improvised music forces situations into play where musicians push each other into bringing different perspectives to their playing. Improvised music...