Researchers from the University of Illinois are developing a computer system capable of communicating with humans through the medium of jazz, playing improvised pieces in real time. The project forms ...

The day we presented our Best of The Beat Business Awards, on January 20 th, I was at my desk working like a madwoman to try to finish up guests lists, etc. I rely on my computer more than most; it’s ...

Talk about jazz that really cooks: Thirty years of Canadian concerts are being offered free online by a Toronto radio station that made it possible by baking the original analogue tape reels. The ...

It's a balmy fall evening and David Wessel is performing with a trio at the headquarters of UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Technology. Wessel's fingers are poised over a pad that looks like ...

Last April, in the midst of the pandemic’s first wave, the jazz pianist Dan Tepfer was on a call with his friend Ben Wendel, a jazz saxophonist. Wendel had flown to Maui just before the lockdown, and ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. In mid-March, Ottawa lost ...