Jazz Improvisation and Creolizing Phenomenology.

  • Published In: Sartre Studies International, 2023, v. 29, n. 2. P. 22 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Matarrese, Craig 3 of 3

Abstract

Jazz improvisation requires a set of phenomenological practices, through which musicians confront their own sonic situatedness. Drawing on writings from Paget Henry, Mike Monahan, and Storm Heter, these phenomenological practices can be characterized as creolizing, and can reveal a sense in which, as Sidney Bechet says, music gives you its own understanding of itself. Specifically, improvising musicians engage their own situatedness by slowing things down, and through repetition. Bass players can listen through other players' hands, and audiences can hear more of what's happing in jazz by understanding the ways musicians practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Sartre Studies International. 2023/07, Vol. 29, Issue 2, p22
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1357-1559
  • DOI:10.3167/ssi.2023.290203
  • Accession Number:174385964
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