"Cutting across traditional subject boundaries in music and cultural
studies, this admirably comprehensive work adopts a welcome
interdisciplinary ideal and makes a truly significant contribution to
our knowledge of musical improvisation."--Robert Witmer, professor
emeritus of music, York University
Contributors are Stephen Blum, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Sabine M.
Feisst, Lawrence Gushee, Robert S. Hatten, William Kinderman, Natalie
Kononenko, Robert Levin, Charlotte Mattax Moersch, Ingrid Monson, John
P. Murphy, Bruno Nettl, A. Jihad Racy, Anne K. Rasmussen, Stephen
Slawek, Gabriel Solis, Nicholas Temperley, John Toenjes, and Thomas
Turino.