INTERACTION OF INTERPRETATION AND IMPROVISATION IN JAZZ VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to explore the various interpretations of the concepts of "improvisation" and "interpretation" encountered in modern science, to identify the most appropriate definitions of these concepts that reveal the specificity of jazz performance and determine the relationship of these two concepts. The methodology of the article is the researches of improvisation and interpretation of various orientations. First, a scientific approach is used, which characterizes this process as a creative method. The scientific works devoted directly to improvisation in jazz are also used, which contain analysis of the improvisations of well-known performers and exercises for teaching local techniques. The scientific novelty of the work is that the term "interpretation" is considered in a broader sense in interaction with improvisation, that is, not only as an interpretation of other people's musical ideas in performing activities but also as an interpretation of personal artistic intentions in the process of musicians' activity. Conclusions. The interaction of interpretation and improvisation is clearly traced, since interpretation is an aspect of musical practice that proceeds from the differences between the recorded music notation and the live performance of the work. Consequently, this process inherent element of unpredictability. The interrelation of the interpretation of the musical text and the mastery of the improvisatory demonstration of this text by the interpreter, which is determined by his individual qualities, is traced.