"McLean emphasized how an improvisation is a dialogue not only with the material upon which the soloist commentates or with the musicians with which one is playing or with the listener but also, crucially, with himself or herself."
This is an incredible idea. I've never thought about it this way - and it's very similar to how Harold Bloom…
"McLean emphasized how an improvisation is a dialogue not only with the material upon which the soloist commentates or with the musicians with which one is playing or with the listener but also, crucially, with himself or herself."
This is an incredible idea. I've never thought about it this way - and it's very similar to how Harold Bloom described a soliloquy in Shakespeare - not a dialogue with the audience, but a dialogue with oneself, and changing as a result of it.
"McLean emphasized how an improvisation is a dialogue not only with the material upon which the soloist commentates or with the musicians with which one is playing or with the listener but also, crucially, with himself or herself."
This is an incredible idea. I've never thought about it this way - and it's very similar to how Harold Bloom described a soliloquy in Shakespeare - not a dialogue with the audience, but a dialogue with oneself, and changing as a result of it.
Thanks - very kind of you to say. The thought is a riff off of something I heard bassist Christian McBride say about jazz and improvisation.