You, the Leader, The Improviser…

你，领导者，即兴演讲者。

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Payton has a keen perspective on the mind of an improviser, and he lays it all out in this session.

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She makes phrasing decisions on the fly as a proper improviser might, but she can't see or hear two or four bars ahead, as a more architecturally-minded singer like Sarah Vaughan did.

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