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In 1971 a music studio and educational center sprang up in Woodstock, New York. Over the course of 15 years it became a cultural center and mecca for musicians throughout the United States and, occasionally, the world. The founder of the Creative Music Studio was Karl Berger, a Berliner who hooked up with Don Cherry in Europe and migrated to New York City in 1966 as pianist in Cherry's band. Berger, with a doctorate in philosophy and music aesthetics, evolved a method of teaching musical structure that could be applied across all types of music. Artists from jazz, classical, and world music traditions were those most likely to be drawn to Berger's studio. A list of well-known artists would include Cherry, Jack Dejonnette, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Carlos Santana, and Nano Vasconchellos, among many others. This well-written and -researched history of the Creative Music Studio conveys the importance of this unique institution. Ultimately, however, its narrow subject limits the book's appeal; appropriate for comprehensive music collections.?Tim Laborie, St. Joseph's Univ. Lib., Philadelphia Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information.