Can a neural network trained on John Coltrane’s jazz make a good album? Dadabots gave it a try with ‘Outerhelios’.
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Relive 1959, The Golden Year of Jazz, In A New Photoblog Project
Jazz fan Natalie Weiner launched a blog called The 1959 Project with day-to-day looks at the genre’s most famous year. When researching for my final year dissertation, Ted Gioia’s The History of Jazz was a valuable tome and it helped (I got a First for the dissertation). Jazz history is fascinating and enriching when you travel …
John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme – 50 Years On
During the December of 1964, one of the most iconic jazz albums was recorded, acting as a three-way crossroads for old and upcoming styles. We celebrate 50 years of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Kind Of Blue is often perceived as the omega of jazz thanks to the mainstream media’s depiction of the genre. This …
VIDEO: Witness John Coltrane’s Poem Transformed Into Music For “A Love Supreme”
Poetry in motion encapsulates this video showing John Coltrane’s poem for Psalm, from his iconic album A Love Supreme.
Sampleface Five: John Coltrane Samples
It would have been John Coltrane’s 87th birthday yesterday so for that, we’re looking at five samples of the late jazz master’s work. They say the good die young and in John Coltrane’s case, that might well be accurate. The jazz saxophonist, born in North Carolina, passed away at the relatively young age of 40 …
The Periodic Table of Jazz
Science and music combine in the form of The Periodic Table of Jazz.