A rhythm sequence. A pitch sequence. A rhythm sequence. Intellectual approaches often do not produce satisfying musical results, but, in this case, understanding intellectually what's needed for jazz improvisations can lead to the awareness and knowledge needed to produce genuine jazz improvisations. We see, then, that one way to define jazz is to describe what jazz musicians, taken as a whole group, do when they are playing jazz.
Jazz is the performance by musicians of an arrangement of a song featuring improvised solos.
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