Belleville keyboardist Tony DiPasquale, who leads the band Groove Merchants and plays with saxophonist David Fatek and others, has published The Jazz Lictionary, a new instruction book on jazz ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

How does a freestyle rapper rhyme without rehearsal? How does a jazz improviser shape an instant solo? How do improv comedians wing it under pressure? Creativity is one of our most mysterious and ...

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There’s a popular myth that divides people into “left brain” and “right brain” categories, whereby the former are analytical and logical, while the latter are creative and innovative. The reality, of ...

ATLANTA—A research team at Georgia State University has identified how the brain changes when artists are in a state of “flow” and found that simply imagining improvised performances elicits the same ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...

Before the Windsor High School’s jazz vocal ensemble performed at the UNC-Greeley Jazz Festival, director Amy Murphy could sense her students’ nerves in the warm-up room. Murphy turned away from the ...