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2011-04-19

Visualization in Jazz Improvisation

Matthew Steven White
University of Miami, mattwhitemusic@gmail.com

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White, Matthew Steven, "Visualization in Jazz Improvisation" (2011). Open Access Dissertations. 561.
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/561

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