Improvisational Aesthetics is a theoretical construct within jazz aesthetics that identifies the evaluative principles and artistic values governing spontaneous musical creation, distinguishing itself from compositional aesthetics by prioritizing real-time decision-making, performative agency, and the emergent coherence of improvised structures.
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Thinking in jazz: the infinite art of improvisation
Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 801 citations
Philip Alperson · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1984 · 128 citations · Full text
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
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3 publications
79 citations
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
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2 publications
712 citations
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
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2 publications
65 citations
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
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1 publications
40 citations
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
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1 publications
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Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States
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1 publications
29 citations
University of Dayton
Dayton, United States
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University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 4 publications · 873 citations
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- Notes
3 publications · 168 citations
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- Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance
RiDE · 2 publications · 60 citations
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- Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
2 publications · 67 citations
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- Black Music Research Journal
BMRJ · 2 publications · 712 citations
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