New research shows jazz improvisation relies on shifting brain networks as musicians move from memory to creative freedom.

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...