Center for Improvisational Music

The Center for Improvisational Music (or CIM) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the teaching of jazz and creative music with a heavy emphasis on the inner workings of improvising. Founded by Ralph Alessi in 2001 and based in Brooklyn, NY,[1][2] CIM's main project is The School for Improvisational Music (or SIM) which since 2001 has presented 20 workshop series for 800 emerging improvisers from all over the globe.[3] SIM's faculty includes Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Jim Black, Jason Moran and Steve Coleman among others. The center stages performances and educational workshops, and has hosted an intensive two-week summer program for musicians.[2][4]

References
  1. Stephans, Michael (2013) Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0810882898, p. 134
  2. Chinen, Nate (2007) "Music Review | Ralpha Alessi's This Against That: In Spartan Space, Jazz in a Communal Mode", The New York Times, March 8, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2020
  3. Ricci, Michael (2011) "Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music And The School For Improvisational Music Present SIMs Mini Intensive Improvisational Workshop", AllAboutJazz.com, June 8, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2020
  4. The Jazz Times Jazz Education Guide, JazzTimes Inc., 2007, p. 59

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