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Great similarities in the art of improvisation then and now
Modern jazz records have more in common with old organ manuscripts from the 17th century than was previously realized. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that many of these manuscripts were used by the organists of the day in the same way that the jazz musicians of our time use CDs - namely as a way of learning how other musicians play.
