RECOMMENDATİONS FOR THE BEGINNER JAZZ MUSICIANS WITH THE EXPERIENCED JAZZ MUSICIANS POINT OF VIEW

Jazz musicians reveal role of expectancy in human creativity.

Creativity has been defined as the ability to produce work that is novel, high in quality, and appropriate to an audience. While the nature of the creative process is under debate, many believe that creativity relies on real-time combinations of known neural and cognitive processes. One useful model of creativity comes from musical improvisation, such as in jazz, in which musicians spontaneousl...

Creativity and personality in classical, jazz and folk musicians

The music genre of jazz is commonly associated with creativity. However, this association has hardly been formally tested. Therefore, this study aimed at examining whether jazz musicians actually differ in creativity and personality from musicians of other music genres. We compared students of classical music, jazz music, and folk music with respect to their musical activities, psychometric cre...

Premature death in jazz musicians: fact or fiction?

Birth years ranged from 1862 to 1938; 16 births occurred before 1900, 23 between 1900 and 1909, 19 between 1910 and 1919, 22 between 1920 and 1929, and five between 1930 and 1939. Comparison with national values showed that 70 (82%) of the musicians exceeded their life expectancy; four-fifths of the Black men, three fourths of the White men, and all the women lived longer than expected as shown...

How jazz musicians improvise: The central role of auditory and motor patterns

Rhythm in the speech and music of jazz and riddim musicians