...now that's jazz ....

[Serial_Apologist]

Wel if it's that bad (in the literal sense) jazzwise in Cornwall these days, I mourn for my Essex mate and his family who moved down there a year ago.

The London scene at the minute is so choc full of young talent I'm finding it hard to keep up with all the new names. Only last night went to see a band in a New Cross pub showcasing it. A different band from advertised, a trumpet-led line-up, all in early 20s, consisting of trumpet, alto and tenor saxophonists, vibes and Fender Rhodes electric piano, performing materials by the leader in a modal style close compositionwise to Kenny Wheeler/John Surman/Alan Skidmore/John Taylor circa 1970 with a dash of Freddie Hubbard era Jazz Messengers. Didn't quite catch the leader's name - Pete Georgiadis? - the only player known to me was the vibes man. Nothing particularly innovative, but a better originality-inculcating starting point imv than the ubiquitous neo-hard bop idiom still churning out from the academies. God only knows how they're gonna make livings out if it, though. An "album" is in the offing, but when I asked I was told only to be available on iTunes.

[MrGongGong]

I've found the perfect job for some of you Jazz heads
this is from one of the nerdy newsgroups that I read
(and it's real !) this is the kind of research that we should have in the UK




The Sound and Music Computing Group of INESC Porto (http://smc.inescporto.pt) is happy to announce the opening of a 6-month graduate research fellowship (renewable up to 14 months) for the following research project: "ShakeIt - Mechanisms of Musical Groove and applications".

Groove is the quality of music that makes people tap their feet, rock their head, and get up and dance.
In the ShakeIt project (http://smc.inescporto.pt/shakeit/), funded by FCT (Portuguese Ministry of Science), we explore the properties of sound signals that induce the experience of groove in listeners, and follow three principle research directions:
1. Computational modeling of groove features from audio.
2. Empirical experiments with human participants to validate these features.
3. Implementation of software for real-time generation/manipulation of polyphonic rhythmic sequences conveying the groove of a certain style, or for gradually changing the groove feel of a rhythmic sequence at run-time.


The researcher will join an international research team and will work directly with Matthew Davies, Carlos Guedes and Fabien Gouyon in Porto and Prof. Guy Madison in Umea (Sweden).

The researcher is expected to develop novel features for the computational description of groove in musical audio signals building on existing research at INESC Porto in beat tracking, rhythm classification, microtiming and groove estimation/transformation. These features will be systematically evaluated in comparison with the state of the art over large collections of audio data. The researcher will also collaborate on the development of a prototype for real-time generation/manipulation of polyphonic rhythmic sequences.

Candidates should hold a diploma (minimum Bachelor's degree) in Music Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related area.

[barber olly]

Not exactly cutting edge contemporary jazz, in fact not at all, but I thoroughly enjoyed the BBCBB playing Stan Kenton on R2 Big Band Special on Monday evening.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

do yer wind up yer gramophone as well mr olly?

[barber olly]

do yer wind up yer gramophone as well mr olly?

Only when there's a good following wind!

[burning dog]

His material may have been thin, but he was meticulous as to how it was delivered.

I agree and I don't mind about 'thin' material in the case of funk. It's ironic how stuffy Pop critics can be.

[Byas'd Opinion]

The researcher is expected to develop novel features for the computational description of groove in musical audio signals building on existing research at INESC Porto in beat tracking, rhythm classification, microtiming and groove estimation/transformation. These features will be systematically evaluated in comparison with the state of the art over large collections of audio data. The researcher will also collaborate on the development of a prototype for real-time generation/manipulation of polyphonic rhythmic sequences.

Looks they're scientifically testing the Pinocchio Theory:

Don't fake the funk, or your nose will grow!

[MrGongGong]

Looks they're scientifically testing the Pinocchio Theory:


Don't fake the funk, or your nose will grow!

indeed

now that's the kind of Clinton we need in charge

[Byas'd Opinion]

And the mention of Charles T earlier in the thread gives me the excuse to post this: a sax player who's a favourite of his (and mine).

[barber olly]

And the mention of Charles T earlier in the thread gives me the excuse to post this: a sax player who's a favourite of his (and mine).

Glad you said it was the sax player you liked, plenty of 'How long is it before the tune starts' from the piano, but I liked the sax!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

more waiting for the tune to start

these tracks are tuneful

the tune starts this and then nothing happens for ever and ever ...

[Serial_Apologist]

And the mention of Charles T earlier in the thread gives me the excuse to post this: a sax player who's a favourite of his (and mine).

I'm still trying to figure who he is....

[Byas'd Opinion]

Jonas Kullhammar. For some reason the title of the video doesn't come up until you start playing it.

I'd originally planned to include this clip of him in slightly rowdier mood, but it doesn't let you embed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RMnnJEwUbc .

[Serial_Apologist]

Jonas Kullhammar. For some reason the title of the video doesn't come up until you start playing it.

I'd originally planned to include this clip of him in slightly rowdier mood, but it doesn't let you embed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RMnnJEwUbc .

Ah - a Swedish musician of name new to me. Thanks Byas'd.

[charles t]

Two Shots Of Happy - One Shot Of Sad... cover of Bono tune sung by Canadian Matt Dusk - will stick in your heads...so better scroll back to Louie afterwards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60vps0QCbNU&feature=fvsr