January 2011

The creative process in the context of jazz jam sessions

  This paper discusses jazz musicians’ creative processes in the context of jam sessions from an ethnomusicological perspective. It is the result of research carried out with professional jazz musicians working and living primarily in New York City. As an important context for sharing musical information, jam sessions will be analyzed as a framework for the demonstration of ideas, musical skills and...

Author(s): Ricardo Nuno Futre Pinheiro

January 2011

The cello: An amazing musical instrument

  The cello is truly a spectacular instrument to have survived for hundreds of years and to be steadily gaining popularity in the 21st century. There is a long history of the instrument and its accompanying components-the bow, rosin, parts of the cello-as well as of its players. With the cello’s rich, deep, powerful sounds, it is no wonder that the instrument has been so successful and continues to...

Author(s): Vincent Liu