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  <title><![CDATA[Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;Derek Bailey&amp;#8217;s &lt;i&gt;Improvisation&lt;/i&gt;, originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in all its forms&amp;#8212;Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and &amp;#8221;free&amp;#8221; music. By drawing on conversations with some of today&amp;#8217;s seminal improvisers&amp;#8212;including John Zorn, Jerry Garcia, Steve Howe, Steve Lacy, Lionel Salter, Earle Brown, Paco Pe&#241;a, Max Roach, Evan Parker, and Ronnie Scott&amp;#8212;Bailey offers a clear-eyed view of the breathtaking spectrum of possibilities inherent in improvisational practice, while underpinning its importance as the basis for all music-making.&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The essential text on improvisation in music, the late Derek Bailey's book takes a truly global look at the role of  improvisation in different cultures and situations. From the complexities of Indian music to the British free-improv machine of which he was a vital cog, Bailey covers a wide range of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15405327">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book by derek bailey has been on my shelf for quite some time, but i finally got around to reading it.  it's a wonderful book for people who want to expand their knowledge of musicians' (and his) views on improvisation in *many* genres.  thus, much of the book is a set of questions and intervie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20014650">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This reads like a transcript from a documentary.  It's a brilliant idea in the wrong medium.   <br/>Derek Bailey interviewing master musicians, talking about his own work, and hypothesizing about improvisation is a very good thing, but in book format it seems clumsy and lacking.  <br/>I know there...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10200515">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Few understand improvisation; no one understands it better than Derek Bailey...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book that everyone who's interested in music improvisation should read. In this book Bailey (may he rest in piece) tried to theorize the musicmaking method and the scene that was so close to his heart. His thoughts about free improvisation and the definitions of <em>idiomatic</em> and <em>non-idiomat...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35356679">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this before I did any contemporary improv stuff or studied Indian music at all, so I would be excited to read it again, but at the time I thought it was a little dry.  For now 3 stars. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[what an incredible detail of improvisation in all forms of music.  From Baroque to Free Jazz Mr. Bailey knows what he is talking about. ]]></body>
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