[JPL] A computer composing and playing jazz

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Has anyone out there seen the Flying Karamazov Brothers?  They have MIDI 
controllers hidden in vests and when they juggle the pins hit the vests and 
make music. It's the wild west out there.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Jackson" <eric-jackson at comcast.net>
To: <jazzproglist at jazzweek.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [JPL] A computer composing and playing jazz


> Dr. Jazz wrote:
>
> Years ago someone from M.I.T. told me they were working on something 
> similar. They said they could enter Duke Ellington's music into the 
> computer. Then, if they played a phrase, the computer played back lines 
> that were Ellington-like based on the data that was entered. I'm not sure 
> if their program improvised or not but it did respond to improvisation.
>
> Eric Jackson
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