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4 votes
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Isamu McGregor / Evan Marien / Ari Hoenig - Actual Proof (2013)
4 votes -
Zion80 - Holy Brother (2016)
3 votes -
John Beasley - Shatita Boom Boom (2009)
4 votes -
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - One Ton (1969)
4 votes -
Josef Leimberg - Boiler Room Los Angeles Live Set (2017)
3 votes -
Yugo Kanno - Il Vento d'Oro (The Golden Wind)
3 votes -
In the Spirit of South African Jazz ... (from 70's up to present day) by Nicky Vour (2019)
5 votes -
Dan Tepfer (Human - Computer Duet) - NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Video Link I decided to post this as a text topic since IMO the video description is really important to understanding this performance: Aug. 29, 2019 | Colin Marshall -- Dan Tepfer has...
I decided to post this as a text topic since IMO the video description is really important to understanding this performance:
Aug. 29, 2019 | Colin Marshall -- Dan Tepfer has transformed the acoustic piano entirely with his new project, Natural Machines. Watch the keys and you'll see this Disklavier — a player piano — plucking notes on its own. But it's not a prerecorded script.
Here's how it works: Tepfer plays a note, and a computer program he authored reads those notes and tells the piano what to play in response. Tepfer can load different algorithms into the program that determine the pattern of playback, like one that returns the same note, only an octave higher. Another will play the inverted note based on the center of the piano keys. These rules create interesting restrictions that Tepfer says make room for thoughtful improvisation. In his words, he's not writing these songs, so much as writing the way they work. To better communicate what's happening between him and the piano, Tepfer converted these audio-impulse data into visualizations on the screen behind him, displaying in real time the notes he plays followed by the piano's feedback. We dive even deeper into this project in a recent Jazz Night in America video piece.
Perhaps the trickiest part here, unlike a human-to-human duo, is that the computer plays along with 100 percent accuracy based solely on Tepfer's moves. He compares it to dancing with a robot that never misses a beat. Tepfer has to play in kind to keep the train on the tracks, but if he falls out of step, so does the computer. On the other hand, Tepfer has unlocked a new frontier of music available to acoustic piano players: He's essentially given himself more limbs to play the piano at once, and at times we see more than 10 keys pressed at a time or a sequence of notes played at seemingly superhuman speeds. It's a central idea to what innovative technology enables for us — that which is impossible for us to achieve on our own.
edit: Nice related video from Jazz Night in America with Dan explaining some of how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L6tzG3FkcU7 votes -
Pat Metheny Group - Have You Heard (1989)
8 votes -
Shaped By What We Love - Threads Radio - June 2019 by Olaf Stephenson (2019)
3 votes -
The Comet Is Coming - Blood Of The Past (2019)
4 votes -
Sting And Shaggy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2019)
3 votes -
Spring Heel Jack – Disappeared (2000)
2 votes -
Manu Delago Ensemble - The Silent Flight of the Owl (2019)
1 vote -
jizue - P.D.A
4 votes -
Ninja Tune: Solid Steel 03.07.19. - Four Tet + Trevor Jackson
3 votes -
Internet Public Radio: Cheb Gero - Anti Apartheid (30 June 2019)
3 votes -
Peter Cat Recording Co. - Bismillah (2019)
2 votes -
The Cinematic Orchestra, Lou Rhodes - Time and Space (2007)
4 votes -
Dr. John dies at age 77
6 votes -
Kamasi Washington - Clair de Lune
3 votes -
Mixing Jazz and J-Pop: J-Music Ensemble Live and Talk with Patrick Bartley
3 votes -
The Japanese reissue phenomenon: a view from the inside
4 votes -
Preserving the house of a pioneering musician — Who we will never hear
6 votes -
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Actual Proof (2014)
4 votes -
Stephane Wrembel - Full Session - 4/13/2017 - Paste Studios - New York, NY
6 votes -
Thank You Scientist - Need More Input (2016)
8 votes -
Hamada Maron - Migi No Hoho Ga Yugamu Toki (2019)
4 votes -
Balamii: Bloco Sound April 2019
5 votes -
Donald Byrd - Cristo Redentor
6 votes -
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - High Heel Sneakers (1975)
4 votes -
Manu Delago Ensemble - BFG (2018)
4 votes -
Electric Miles: A Conversation (fantastic roundtable discussion with musicians from Miles Davis's 1970s and '80s electric period)
10 votes -
Robert Smith, Toti Panzanelli, et al. - Not in Love
4 votes -
The Big Dig jazz show - Episode 6: A Great Day In Harlem
7 votes -
Herb Geller - Sudden Senility (1975)
5 votes -
Jan Johansson - Jazz På Svenska
9 votes -
Let's generate a list of fantastic jazz albums
Hi, I am interested in creating a list of essential jazz albums for people who may be beginning to listen to the genre. My basic idea is that each person can contribute one album to the list. This...
Hi, I am interested in creating a list of essential jazz albums for people who may be beginning to listen to the genre. My basic idea is that each person can contribute one album to the list. This has two caveats: one, you can only contribute once, and two, the album that you contribute cannot already be listed in the previous comments. If we can make this work, I will compile the results after one month based on the ranking of the albums by votes. Let's see what a bunch of ~s can do. Also, if you have suggestions for how this may be better organized, do let me know.
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Buika, "Death Is Not The End" | NPR Music - Night Owl S2 • E10
2 votes -
Film composer Michel Legrand dead at 86
5 votes -
Freddie Robinson - Off the Cuff (1973)
3 votes -
716 Exclusive Mix - Piotr Ddk : Panama Corazón del Universo Musical
3 votes -
Banda Magda, "Tam Tam" | NPR Music (Night Owl S2 • E4)
2 votes -
General Fuzz - Liquid Jazz
2 votes -
Fkj & Masego - Tadow
4 votes -
Magano - Montinho (2017)
5 votes -
The Big Dig jazz show, episode 5: Cover Me Badd!
7 votes -
Jazzmeia Horn | Full Performance On KNKX Public Radio (2018)
3 votes -
Roy Hargrove, Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter, dies at 49
8 votes