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Anyone can improvise... everyone has to improvise, only with improvisation does human togetherness work. Especially in jazz, however, improvisation has become an art in the truest sense of the word. The symposium of the 8th Darmstadt Jazz Forum takes a look at the role of improvisation in jazz, its influence on other musical genres, on other arts and the example it can set outside of music.

With contributions by: Wolfram Knauer Noodlin' and Doodlin' and Playin' Around... On the changing self-image of jazz as improvised music - Lawrence Gushee Improvisation in early jazz - Martin Pfleiderer Improvising - aesthetic myths and psychological insights - Thomas Mießgang The art of the spontaneous. Can a picture be improvised? On free jazz, automatic saxophones, Jack the Dripper, material actions and final loosening - Chrsitopher Dell Possible improvisation - George Lewis "Voyager"... Improvising with the computer - Ekkehard Jost Notes on improvisation - Joachim Kühn/Bert Noglik Improvisation and musical reality. A conversation - Paul F. Steinhardt The astonishing connection between money and music - Michael Rüsenberg Improvisation as a model of economic activity. An exploration - Peter Niklas Wilson New paradigms in improvised music.

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