But they were small-band Dixieland groups, emphasizing collective improvisation and playing.

Soon the music became regina, a repeated melody and choral refrain, which emphasizes vocal improvisation.

Paterson's jazz program, founded in 1973, is one of the few emphasizing improvisation and small-group playing.

The group attracts these young acolytes because they emphasize improvisation.

Das's teaching and performance also emphasize Upaj, or improvisation.

It was new to combat, but training had been rigorous and emphasized initiative and improvisation.

Indian classical music, which, like jazz, emphasizes improvisation but grows out of completely different musical assumptions, has its own inherent structural imperatives.

Jazz is not unique because it emphasizes improvisation, nor because theme and variation are unified by a common musical syntax.

Like much Middle Eastern music, Armenian traditional styles emphasize structured improvisation.

Nameless Sound has also become known nationally for a new type of music education, emphasizing creativity, improvisation, and diversity.