This fresh look at the neglected rhythm section in jazz ensembles shows that the improvisational interplay among drums; bass; and piano is just as innovative; complex; and spontaneous as the solo. Ingrid Monson juxtaposes musicians talk and musical examples to ask how musicians go about "saying something" through music in a way that articulates identity; politics; and race. Through interviews with Jaki Byard; Richard Davis; Sir Roland Hanna; Billy Higgins; Cecil McBee; and others; she develops a perspective on jazz improvisation that has "interactiveness" at its core; in the creation of music through improvisational interaction; in the shaping of social communities and networks through music; and in the development of cultural meanings and ideologies that inform the interpretation of jazz in twentieth-century American cultural life.Replete with original musical transcriptions; this broad view of jazz improvisation and its emotional and cultural power will have a wide audience among jazz fans; ethnomusicologists; and anthropologists.
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