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Cool links and random thoughts about jazz…

• Sound ↗

  Posted 18 January 2023 – Permalink

  An amazing interactive explainer on sound by Bartosz Ciechanowski:

  Invisible and relentless, sound is seemingly just there, traveling through our surroundings to carry beautiful music or annoying noises. In this article I’ll explain what sound is, how it’s created and propagated.

• 5 minutes that will make you love bebop ↗

  Posted 6 October 2022 – Permalink

  New York Times (paywalled):

  Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell: they altered the course of American music and raised the bar for improvisation. Listen to 10 experts’ favorites.

  Also: other articles in the series.

• Plotting the future of the most storied studio in jazz ↗

  Posted 25 July 2022 – Permalink

  New York Times (paywalled):

  The New Jersey recording space built in 1959 by Rudy Van Gelder is filled with history. Can it regain its glory without getting stuck in the past?

• JJazzLab-X: a Midi-based framework for automatic backing tracks generation ↗

  Posted 20 July 2022 – Permalink

  jjazzboss/JJazzLab-X:

  JJazzLab-X is a Midi-based framework dedicated to backing tracks generation – some people talk about “play-along songs” or “auto-accompaniment applications”. You type in chord symbols, select a rhythm (style), then the application generates a complete backing track with drums, bass, guitar, piano, strings, etc.
  
  The objective is to develop a jam buddy able to quickly generate intelligent and interesting backing tracks: realistic and non-boring backing tracks which you can easily adjust to a specific song.

  There’s a desktop app for macOS, Linux and Windows, and you can watch a demo video on YouTube.