A choreographer with a mission to stretch the parameters of ballet, James Sewell has collaborated with a range of artists from contact improvisers to Argentine tango experts. |
Pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Joey Baron,are incredibly gifted jazz improvisers who are no less brilliant as klezmer musicians. |
During the Baroque era, professional musicians were expected to be accomplished improvisers of both solo melodic lines and accompaniment parts. |
The show allows the audience to control the fate of the performers as improvisers compete against each other between sips of beer. |
He aims to show executives the choices and activities jazz improvisers make and how to be spontaneous and balance between constraints and experimentation. |
It's the sort of thing Mochrie extends to most of the improvisers he regularly shares a stage with. |