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199615 minGdoc-short

Only Jazz

199615 minGdoc-short

A lesson in jazz improvisation features Polish trumpeter Piotr Bal and an accomplished musician from Roosevelt University in Chicago.

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Ignacy Szczepański

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A lesson in jazz improvisation features Polish trumpeter Piotr Bal and an accomplished musician from Roosevelt University in Chicago.

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Piotr Bal learns jazz improvisation in a lesson led by an accomplished musician at Roosevelt University in Chicago. The session is part of a documentary by Ignacy Szczepanski. Rehearsals take place in various locations around the city. The film includes clips from a concert at the Pink Crocodile Club. It runs for 15 minutes and was released in 1996.

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