Author and musician Tom Piazza writes in The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz:
In a jazz group, as in any community, certain roles need to be filled. Someone has to play the melody, someone has to keep time, someone has to suggest the harmonic context. In jazz, each instrumentalist has to understand his or her role in the group well enough so that he or she can improvise on it and not just follow directions. Playing in a jazz group involves both responsibility and freedom; freedom consists of understanding your responsibility well enough to act independently and still make the needed contribution to the group.
What instrument do you play in our community of faith?
What instrument would you like to learn?
How does this describe our faith community?
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