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This article was originally commissioned for and published on thesampler.org

At a time of unprecedented interest in improvisation across the arts,

One piece of advice I find myself frequently giving to musicians in group improvising situations is not to focus on what they can do at any given moment — either with their personal musical technique or beholden to their personal ego — but instead to focus on what the music needs,

bookPaul Hession, University of Leeds, School of Music, United Kingdom

Title of the book : Tele-Improvisation: Intercultural Interaction in the Online Global Music Jam Session

Intervenes in contemporary debates about the relationship between literature and field recording

Dialogues with Contemporary Musical Improvisers

bookBeyond Jazz: Plink, Plonk and Scratch: The Golden Age of Free Music in London 1966-72 Kindle Edition

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07 February 2026

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