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Improvising Humor: The Comedy of Mark Twain, Richard Pryor, and Jazz

Robert O'Meally

Published: 2008-08-25

Dr. O'Meally discusses the connections between jazz and humor through an examination of figures such as Mark Twain, Richard Pryor, and Louis Armstrong.Dr. O'Meally discusses the connections between jazz and humor through an examination of figures such as Mark Twain, Richard Pryor, and Louis Armstrong.

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We’ll all be more innovative if we participate in collaborative webs and share more openly. Creativity is always a collaboration and it’s always a form of improvisation, written large in the social world.

– Keith Sawyer