An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The ...

Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...

For many people, the to-do list, the calendar, the overscheduled busy-ness of life can be overwhelming. There are some ways to tune out all that, and one musician found that improvising — playing with ...

Embark on a wondrous journey with cellist Maricarmen Graue and pianist Ignasi Terraza. Between vibrant Mexico City, where cellist Maricarmen Graue lives, and pianist Ignasi Terraza’s exciting ...

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