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Steven Hennig This page is for the written word on jazz and related subjects. It will be used as an outlet for thoughts, rants, maybe even prose, and will be added to as inspiration strikes. Check back from time to time & see what's new!

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"So really, why jazz, anyway?" - 7/15/07
"An Evening at Lutes' Casino" - 8/24/07
"Playing on This Night" - 12/24/07

This is your Brain on Jazz

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON JAZZ: RESEARCHERS USE MRI TO STUDY SPONTANEITY, CREATIVITY
  --Johns Hopkins researcher also trained as a jazz musician

"A pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-expression flow."

 

- 3/27/08