Free Jazz in the Land of Algebraic Improvisation

TY - GEN

T1 - Free Jazz in the Land of Algebraic Improvisation

AU - Chiriţă, Claudia Elena

AU - Fiadeiro, Jose

PY - 2016/6

Y1 - 2016/6

N2 - We discuss the connection between free-jazz music and service-oriented computing, and advance a method for formal, algebraic analysis of improvised performances; we aim for a better understanding of both the creative process of music improvising and the complexity of service-oriented systems. We formalize free-jazz performances as complex dynamic systems of services, building on the idea that an improvisation can be seen as a collection of music phase spaces that organise themselves through concept blending, and emerge as the performed music. We first define music phase spaces as specifications written over a class of logics that satisfy a set of requirements that make them suitable for dealing with improvisations. Based on these specifications we then formalize free-jazz performances as service applications that evolve by requiring other music fragments to be added as service modules to the improvisation. Finally, we present a logic for specifying free jazz based on one of Anthony Braxton’s graphic notations for composition notes.

AB - We discuss the connection between free-jazz music and service-oriented computing, and advance a method for formal, algebraic analysis of improvised performances; we aim for a better understanding of both the creative process of music improvising and the complexity of service-oriented systems. We formalize free-jazz performances as complex dynamic systems of services, building on the idea that an improvisation can be seen as a collection of music phase spaces that organise themselves through concept blending, and emerge as the performed music. We first define music phase spaces as specifications written over a class of logics that satisfy a set of requirements that make them suitable for dealing with improvisations. Based on these specifications we then formalize free-jazz performances as service applications that evolve by requiring other music fragments to be added as service modules to the improvisation. Finally, we present a logic for specifying free jazz based on one of Anthony Braxton’s graphic notations for composition notes.

UR - http://www.computationalcreativity.net/iccc2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Free-Jazz-in-the-Land-of-Algebraic-Improvisation.pdf

UR - https://dblp1.uni-trier.de/db/conf/icccrea/icccrea2016.html

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-2-7466-9155-1

SP - 322

EP - 329

BT - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational Creativity, UPMC, Paris, France, June 27 - July 1, 2016.

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