In this article I investigate musical improvisation from a somaesthetic perspective. I first provide a reconstruction of somaesthetics’ relationship to music and explain why, in dealing with improvisation, I mostly focus on jazz. Then I connect the question of improvisation to the pragmatist attempt to reconcile art and life, and argue that improvised music can be understood as somatic knowledge. Finally, I exemplify my ideas by referring to jazz drumming and the improvisational capacities that it allows to display and that are of interest for theoretical, practical and pragmatic somaesthetics.
Jazz Improvisation and Somatic Experience
Stefano Marino
2019
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In this article I investigate musical improvisation from a somaesthetic perspective. I first provide a reconstruction of somaesthetics’ relationship to music and explain why, in dealing with improvisation, I mostly focus on jazz. Then I connect the question of improvisation to the pragmatist attempt to reconcile art and life, and argue that improvised music can be understood as somatic knowledge. Finally, I exemplify my ideas by referring to jazz drumming and the improvisational capacities that it allows to display and that are of interest for theoretical, practical and pragmatic somaesthetics.File in questo prodotto:
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