O10,
You said, " I say that practice could take away some of the "instantaneous" improvisation required of a musician who is playing Trane’s kind of jazz, which was the exact same kind of jazz my friend was playing."
I’m an amateur hack that has had the opportunity to play with some very fine players so take my comments with a grain of salt.
The ability to improvise comes from inside your head, the ability to act on what’s in your head comes from practice. Every serious musician I have ever known practices all the time.
You still have to have the chops.
I’m a 64 year old percussionist and I find that my head hears what to play but my body doesn’t have the chops anymore.
Bob
You said, " I say that practice could take away some of the "instantaneous" improvisation required of a musician who is playing Trane’s kind of jazz, which was the exact same kind of jazz my friend was playing."
I’m an amateur hack that has had the opportunity to play with some very fine players so take my comments with a grain of salt.
The ability to improvise comes from inside your head, the ability to act on what’s in your head comes from practice. Every serious musician I have ever known practices all the time.
You still have to have the chops.
I’m a 64 year old percussionist and I find that my head hears what to play but my body doesn’t have the chops anymore.
Bob