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Lichtenstein compares the musical improvisation found in jazz with free association as found in psychoanalysis. Improvisation allows a new figure to be revealed that had not existed before, reflective of both the melody and the desire of the improviser. The composition and improvisation by John Coltrane, “Giant Steps,” is taken as illustration and compared with some analytic material presented by Anton Kris.