Edward W. Sarath, Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness: Jazz as Integral Template for Music, Educa- tion, and Society. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2013. xi + 488 pp. ISBN 978-1-4384-4721-6 (hbk). $95.00/£73.70

Authors

  • David Borgo University of California, San Diego

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.32679

Keywords:

Improvisation, Jazz, Consciousness

Author Biography

  • David Borgo, University of California, San Diego

    David Borgo is a saxophonist, ethnomusicologist, and an Associate Professor of Music in the Critical Studies and Experimental Practices (CS/EP) program at the University of California San Diego. He has released four critically acclaimed CDs as a leader and his book Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age [ital.] (Continuum Books, 2005) was awarded the 2006 Alan P. Merriam Prize as the most distinguished English-language monograph by the Society for Ethnomusicology.

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Borgo, D. (2017). Edward W. Sarath, Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness: Jazz as Integral Template for Music, Educa- tion, and Society. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2013. xi + 488 pp. ISBN 978-1-4384-4721-6 (hbk). $95.00/£73.70. Jazz Research Journal, 11(1), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.32679