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Jazz and improvisation
A range of contemporary jazz musicians explain their personal experience of performing jazz. The clip includes an extract of Jools Holland and Julian Joseph playing an improvised version of the Stevie Wonder song 'Isn't She Lovely', which is used to emphasise how improvisation is about taking an opportunity and following your instinct.
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