Visualization in Jazz Improvisation

University of Miami

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2011-04-19

Visualization in Jazz Improvisation Matthew S. White University of Miami, [email protected]

Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations Recommended Citation White, Matthew S., "Visualization in Jazz Improvisation" (2011). Open Access Dissertations. Paper 561.

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