Jamming the Classroom: Musical Improvisation and Pedagogical Practice

by Ajay Heble and Jesse Stewart

Drawing on a mix of collaborative autoethnography, secondary literature, interviews with leading improvisers, and personal anecdotal material, Jamming the Classroom discusses the pedagogy of musical improvisation as a vehicle for teaching, learning, and enacting social justice. Heble and Stewart write that to "jam the classroom" is to argue for a renewed understanding of improvisation as both a musical and a social practice; to activate the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472056360
• ISBN13: 9780472056361
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.6"