When most jazz groups improvise, they most often:

a. Play completely unstructured improvisations
b. Begin by playing a tune they all know, then improvise a new melody over the tune's accompaniment chords before ending again with tune's melody
c. Decorate the tune by changing some of the rhythms or adding notes to it
d. Create the melody and the chord accompaniment on the spot


b. Begin by playing a tune they all know, then improvise a new
melody over the tune's accompaniment chords before ending
with the tune's melody

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