The Art of Improvising

The Art of Improvising
Live album by
Released1974
RecordedFebruary 17 & 24, 1959
VenueHalf Note Club, NYC
GenreJazz
Length40:55
LabelRevelation
REV 22
ProducerJohn William Hardy, Jon Horwich
Warne Marsh chronology
Warne Marsh
(1958)
The Art of Improvising
(1974)
The Art of Improvising Volume 2
(1959)

The Art of Improvising (subtitled Solo Excerpts from 1959 Sessions at the Half Note), is a live album by saxophonist Warne Marsh recorded in 1959 and released on the Revelation label in 1974. Each track on The album only features part of the performance containing Marsh's solo although an album featuring twelve complete performances from these shows was released in 1994 under Kontz's name as Live at the Half Note.