Sheet music is great. Until it’s not. Eventually, all of us arrive at a time in our life when the sheet music/script/recipe we had been following no longer works.

And we realize what we have to do: try some improv.

Which can be terrifying! Fortunately, there’s a way through that fear, and even a surprising gift amid those first unscripted notes. Enjoy the latest Small Story about the time when I learned to play improv in my college jazz band.

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