Paul F Berliner Author

Paul F. Berliner is the Arts and Sciences Professor Emeritus of Music at Duke University. He is the author of Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation and The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Cosmas Magaya (1953–2020) was an internationally renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, teacher, and cultural ambassador.