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Bash, Lee – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Suggests that watching for certain signs can help music teachers to improve students' performance in jazz solos. Recommends dealing with problems one at a time beginning with the most blatant and focusing on good communication skills as the basis of improvisation. Discusses lack of spacing, repetition, planning, form, and finality. (DK)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Improvisation