Jazz and psychotherapy : perspectives on the complexity of improvisation / Simeon Alev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alev, Simeon, author.

Series:

SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Psychological aspects.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Blending the insights of musicians and psychologists from D.W. Winnicott to Gregory Bateson to Ornette Coleman, Jazz and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking exploration of improvisation that reveals its potential to transform our experience of ourselves and the challenges we face as a species. What we all share with the professional improvisers known as "psychotherapists" and "jazz musicians" is the reality of not knowing what those around us-or even we ourselves-are going to do next. Rather than avoiding it, however, these practitioners have learned to revere our inherent unpredictability as precisely the feature of human living that makes transformative change possible, fully incorporating it into the theories and practices that constitute their disciplines. Jazz and Psychotherapy provides a sophisticated but accessible overview of the revolutionary approaches to human development and creative expression embodied in these two seemingly disparate twentieth-century cultural traditions. Readers interested in music, psychotherapy, social psychology and contemporary theories of complexity will find Jazz and Psychotherapy engaging and useful. Its colorful synthesis of perspectives and multidimensional scope make it an essential contribution to our understanding of improvisation in music and in life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Improvisation, Culture, and Play

Infancy, Childhood, and Transitional Phenomena

Intersubjectivity and the Unconscious

Discovering Voice

Free Association and Improvisational Space

Complexity, Spontaneity, and Authenticity

Musical Dynamics of Early Development

Symbolization and Metaphor

Loops and Spirals

Order and Disorder

Shifting Paradigms

The Self in an Evolving World.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-19846-9

0-429-58213-7

9780429198465

OCLC:

1157446967