| Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness: Jazz as Integral Template for Music, Education, and Society Contributor(s): Sarath, Edward W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438447221 ISBN-13: 9781438447223 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz |
| Dewey: 781.65 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Integral Theory |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.40 lbs) 487 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jazz, America's original art form, can be a catalyst for creative and spiritual development. With its unique emphasis on improvisation, jazz offers new paradigms for educational and societal change. In this provocative book, musician and educator Edward W. Sarath illuminates how jazz offers a continuum for transformation. Inspired by the long legacy of jazz innovators who have used meditation and related practices to bring the transcendent into their lives and work, Sarath sees a coming shift in consciousness, one essential to positive change. Both theoretical and practical, the book uses the emergent worldview known as Integral Theory to discuss the consciousness at the heart of jazz and the new models and perspectives it offers. On a more personal level, the author provides examples of his own involvement in educational reform. His design of the first curriculum at a mainstream educational institution to incorporate a significant meditation and consciousness studies component grounds a radical new vision. |