Jerry Gerber Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 My friend Art Austin is one of the few classical musicians that I know who is a fantastic improviser. We get together from time to time, when there weren't any pandemics, just to play. Nothing memorized, nothing notated, nothing agreed upon, not even tempos, keys or chord progressions. We just listen to one another and respond. I find that improv is the time to give expression to the spontaneous musical impulse, the most direct and immediate form of musical expression. As a composer, improv often serves as the place where ideas are discovered and turned into composition. Composition is about structure, refinement, development and organization, improv is about music-in-the-moment-- and nothing else. I hope you enjoy listening. Art Austin, clarinet Jerry Gerber, piano PLAY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starise Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Improvisation is some of the most enjoyable music to play for me. I only had time to sample through this and couldn't listen to the entire 10 minutes of it. I can tell you guys have played together a few times and make a great improv team! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Some mad chops from both of you! Many thanks for sharing t I've mentioned this in the past. My wife's uncle was the "principle" clarinetist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for many years. According to uncle Dick; the "principle" clarinetist is the stud lead guitar player of the Symphony. I'm sure Symphony politics is the same as Band politics; every one thinks they are the band. He also liked the word legit musicians, I read that as: not a card caring union member; not legit. FZ, he sure loved legit musicians... why am i writing this? why am I asking you? I guess that's what we get with 10:43, too much idle time to muse (amuse?). all done, well done! sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 21 hours ago, Starise said: Improvisation is some of the most enjoyable music to play for me. I only had time to sample through this and couldn't listen to the entire 10 minutes of it. I can tell you guys have played together a few times and make a great improv team! Thanks for sharing! You do realize that origins of the word jazz don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starise Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Not exactly but I play some Jazz. Do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Studied it for years, but never really got under my skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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