This chapter provides an analysis of the processes of negotiating identity in the production of improvised performance in the jazz rhythm section. I show that, for jazz musicians, identity is an important and complex concern that is managed through the frame of their various role functions. This analysis aims to expand upon symbolic interactionist studies of music and to provide a critique of the "discursive" focus on music in social life.
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Gibson, W. (2010). The group ethic in the improvising jazz ensemble: A symbolic interactionist analysis of music, identity, and social context. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 35, 11–28. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2010)0000035005
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