It is May 2008 and I have just finished my improvisation course at UMF. I went into improvisation class with a sense and working knowledge of how to theoretically improv on an instrument. What I was lacking was an understanding of the psychiological aspects of improvisation. Now I know more about improvisation in each of its forms, and I have aquired a list of new influential music. When improv class first started I wanted to give improv more philosophical concentration, and feel that I have achieved this, acquiring new understandings throughout the semester. I have come out of improv class with a new way of looking at improvisation.
I have always wanted to be able to look at improv like a Bebop jazz musician. I admire their speed and their melodic style. I understand that practicing must be a large part towards getting chops like a Bebop player and being able to play all around people's heads. What made musicians want to play so fast? Was it drugs? Was Bebop the milestone in the evolution of lightning fast improvisation?
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