An art neglected in scholarship / Bruno Nettl
Recognizing improvisation / Stephen Blum
Psychological constraints on improvisational expertise and communication / Jeff Pressing
Do Javanese gamelan musicians really improvise? / R. Anderson Sutton
Improvisation, ecstasy, and performance dynamics in Arabic music / Ali Jihad Racy
Go on, girl!:Improvisation in African-American girls' singing games / Eve Harwood
Improvisation in Latin American dance music: history and style / Peter Manuel
Oh freedom: George Russel, John Coltrane, and modal jazz / Ingrid Monson
Improvisation and group interaction in Italian lyrical singing / Tulla Magrini
Exploding the belly: improvisation in Cantonese opera / Sau Y. Chan
Melodic improvisation in Karṇāṭak music: the manifestations of Rāga / T. Viswanathan and Jody Cormack
Setting the stage: Clara Schumann's preludes / Valerie Woodring Goertzen
A sense of the possible: Miles Davies and the semiotics of improvised performance / Chris Smith
The improvisation of Louis Armstrong / Lawrence Gushee
Keeping it going: terms, practices, and processes of improvisation in Hindustānī instrumental music / Stephen Slawek
Taqsim Nahawand revisited: the musicianship of Jihad Racy / Bruno Nettl and Ronald Riddle.