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PLENARY PANEL: The Future of Jazz

Amiri Baraka, Ron Gaskin, William Parker

Published: 2007-09-07

VIDEO/AUDIO: A panel discussion on the future of jazz with renowned artists William Parker and Amiri Baraka.

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...partly because I know that’s the only way that we could solve a creative problem [using improvisation with children ranging in abilities] and what doesn’t work is trying to impose a template on the students who are not able to respond to that template.

– Pauline Oliveros (in working with Abilities First)