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Pieces and Parts: Toni Morrison and Gayl Jones as Improvisers

Robert O'Meally

Published: 2008-08-25

VIDEO: Dr. O'Meally discusses Gayl Jones and Toni Morrison in relation to improvisation and social aesthetics. TEXT: A course description for Dr. O'Meally's lectures.

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So one of the things that improvisation has come to mean in the context of highly technological performance is that improvisation is the last claim to the legitimate presence of a human in the performance of music.

– Bob Ostertag