Albert Murray
Albert Murray
Albert L. Murraywas an American literary and jazz critic, novelist, essayist and biographer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth12 May 1916
CountryUnited States of America
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The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer who is expected to contribute to the orchestration in progress, not simply to execute the score as it is written and rehearsed.