A selection of interesting books about musical improvisation is currently on display in the Maxwell Music Library. This exhibit, called “Winging It,” includes the following titles:

• Grateful Dead and the art of rock improvisation
• The improvising mind: cognition and creativity in the musical moment
• Improvisation, creativity, and consciousness: jazz as integral template for music, education
• Improvisation games for classical musicians: a collection of musical games with suggestions for use for performers, instrumental teachers, music students, music therapists, bands, orchestras, choirs, chamber music ensembles, conductors, composers, pianists, percussionists, and everybody else (even jazz players)
• A listener’s guide to free improvisation
• The philosophy of improvisation
• Improvising early music: the history of musical improvisation from the late Middle Ages to the early Baroque
• Saying something: jazz improvisation and interaction