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The Psychology of Jazz

Are jazz musicians more prone to mental illness? Can jazz be therapeutic? And why do musicians get performance anxiety? This week on The New Jazz Archive, it’s an hour with some of the world’s big thinkers who occupy the fascinating intersection of jazz and psychology. We’ll talk with jazz pianist Kenny Werner about how his self-styled, self-help manifesto for musical breakthroughs became a must-read for musicians of all stripes, and chat with the author of new book that’s finally putting the long-taken-for-granted link between insanity and creativity through its intellectual paces.  And we’ll get an insiders’ look at the world of music therapy with Dr. Kenneth Aigen of Temple University, and find out how jazz in particular is well suited to helping non-musicians reach their real life recovery goals.

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