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The ‘white heat’ and vulnerability of improvisational jazz

What's improvisational jazz? Jonathan Redman & Brad Mehldau agree that it's vulnerability.

12/06/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

The ‘white heat’ and vulnerability of improvisational jazz

Clip: 12/6/2016 | 6m 37s

What's improvisational jazz? Jonathan Redman & Brad Mehldau agree that it's vulnerability.

What is improvisational jazz all about? Saxophonist Jonathan Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau agree that the answer is vulnerability. Their musical genre requires players to follow one another’s lead -- often letting another performer dictate the musical conversation. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Redman and Mehldau to discuss emotion in their art and why "it's a great time to be a jazz musician."

12/06/2016 | Rating NR

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