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REVIEW: Prinzip Improvisation

Roch Duval

Published: 2004-09-01

In this review by Roch Duval, vibraphonist Christopher Dell's "Prinzip Improvisation" is revealed to have an open-ended improvisational structure. Duval explains that rather than providing a simple definition or principle of improvisation, Dell instead presents a range of issues surrounding improvisation, and he encourages multiple readings just as improvised music invites multiple listening experiences.

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Improvisation implies a deep connection between the personal and the communal, self and world. A “good” improviser successfully navigates musical and institutional boundaries and the desire for self-expression, pleasing not only herself but the listener as well.

– Rob Wallace