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Improvisations (other)
Improvisations Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ... are activities, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. Improvisations may also refer to: * ''Improvisations'' (Ravi Shankar album), 1962 * ''Improvisations'' (Stéphane Grappelli album), 1956 * ''Improvisations'' (Ran Blake & Jaki Byard album), 1981 * ''Improvisations'' (Roscoe Mitchell album), 2013 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Improvisations
Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties, across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see Applied improvisation. Improvisation also exists outside the arts. Improvisation in engineering is to solve a problem with the tools and materials immediately at hand. Improvised weapons are often used by guerrillas, insurgents and criminals. Engineering Improvisation in engineering is to solve a problem with the tools and materials immediately at hand. Examples of such improvisation was the re-engineering of carbon dioxide scrubbers with the materials on hand during the Apollo 13 space mission, or the use of a knife in place of a screwdriver to turn a screw. Engineering improvisations may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Improvisations (Ravi Shankar Album)
''Improvisations'' is a 1962 LP album by Ravi Shankar. The opening piece is based on music from Shankar's score for Satyajit Ray's 1955 movie ''Pather Panchali'' with flutist Bud Shank playing in Indian style. Shankar composed "Fire Night" influenced by the 1961 Los Angeles fires and the song features jazz musicians Shank (flute) and Gary Peacock (bass) improvising over Indian percussion instruments. There is a clear free jazz influence on tracks like ''Karnataki (Raga Kirvani).'' The concluding ragas are in classical Indian style: the first raga, Kirvani, with South Indian origin, and the second, Rageshri, with North Indian origin. The album was released in CD format by Angel Records in 1999 and has been described as a "visionary recording" by AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Improvisations (Stéphane Grappelli Album)
''Improvisations'' is a jazz album recorded in 1956, in Paris, by Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Maurice Vander (piano), Pierre Michelot (double bass) and Baptist "Mac Kac" Reiles (drums). It consists of mostly jazz standards. Track listing #" The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:05 #"Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:55 #"Dans la Vie" (Louiguy) – 3:54 #"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:10 #"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Maschwitz, Sherwin) – 3:11 #"Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) – 3:02 #"'S Wonderful" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:30 #" Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:58 #" If I Had You" (Campbell, Connelly, Shapiro) – 3:20 #" Body and Soul" (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) – 2:35 #"I Want to Be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) – 2:14 #"She's Funny That Way" (Moret, Whiting) – 2:29 #" Time After Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:44 #" Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:30 #"Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Improvisations (Ran Blake & Jaki Byard Album)
''Improvisations'' is an album of piano duets by the American jazz pianists Ran Blake and Jaki Byard, recorded in 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.Soul Note discography accessed July 12, 2011 Reception The review by stated: "Because Byard (who can play credibly in virtually every jazz style) is highly flexible, he was able to meet Blake on his own terms and inspire him to play more extrovertedly than usual... In other words, this matchup works".Yanow, S[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
