Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...

“The world is a slightly better place for having improvisation in it than it was before,” the late writer, actor, coach, and comedy raconteur Del Close — a Second City legend who trained most the ...

The Sway Machinery have long been the bridge between a few different worlds. Founded by Jeremiah Lockwood, the grandson of a famous cantor who also spent his formative years working with the great ...

C.G. Jung tells us of a shift that takes place in the middle-age. This is often experienced as a turning inward, a searching and contemplating, a time in which spirituality and creativity become the ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Explore the neuroscience behind improvisation—and what it reveals about our natural capacity for creativity. Summary: Creativity may be more natural ...

On Sunday, a free outdoor concert at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts will bring improvisational psychedelic folk music to the Berkshires. The event is part of the Clark’s ...

On Jan. 14, 2025, Phish’s Mike Gordon surprised attendees at 600 Minutes with Rory Scovel, which took place at Union Hall in Brooklyn, N.Y. The bassist joined the comedian and supported the standup ...

Greetings, residents of this war-ravaged city! With all the things going on around the world, in this country, and in Portland specifically, it’s admittedly hard—even for me, this column’s author—to ...

A new interactive web application allows for a tangible understanding of abstract concepts of quantum game theory. The Kobe University development parallels the emergent dialog found in jazz and ...