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       Weimar Jazz Database (WJazzD) - The Jazzomat Research Project
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2023-01-25 13:07 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (jazzomat.hfm-weimar.de)
 (TXT) w3m dump (jazzomat.hfm-weimar.de)
        
       | el_don_almighty wrote:
       | This could be an amazing resource once it gains critical mass. I
       | finally learned about the specific style of music I really
       | enjoyed (bebop, hardbop, postbop) and now I can start creating
       | more intelligent searches for playlists.
       | 
       | Funny how something like Cowboy Bebop suddenly makes so much more
       | sense after someone else turns the light on in the room!
       | 
       | I enjoyed the Bosch tv series but always suspected it was mostly
       | for the jazz music
       | 
       | I wish there was someone out there that would curate a station
       | for me
        
         | ghostpepper wrote:
         | A tip that has worked for me is to find an album that you like,
         | then find out everyone who played on it and seek out other
         | things they've played on, and repeat until you have more music
         | than you could ever possibly listen to.
        
           | stuaxo wrote:
           | Back at in the day this was a great strategy on music sharing
           | services.
           | 
           | Later, on lastfm radio.
        
           | AlbertCory wrote:
           | Indeed, this is one of the things that's wrong with first-
           | generation music services: they think the song title plus the
           | band is all you need.
           | 
           | For jazz, "who played on it?" has to be answered.
           | 
           | For classical, it's "who's the composer?"
        
             | te_chris wrote:
             | And who played on it, and what label
        
       | dr-detroit wrote:
       | [dead]
        
       | gexaha wrote:
       | nice, but where's the swing in the generated midis? Would be also
       | nice to here the midi with appropriate soundfont (not piano)
        
       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | No Bill Evans! No Oscar Peterson!
       | 
       | Still, this is awesome.
       | 
       | (I know, piano is probably harder, by a lot.)
        
       | brudgers wrote:
       | I can't decide if it's an online "fake book."
       | 
       | Or an online "real book." [1]
       | 
       | [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Book
        
         | TylerE wrote:
         | It's neither.
         | 
         | Real/fake books have the changes and the head, not the solos.
         | They're very generic recipes. This is more like a
         | spectrographic analysis of a complex spice blend.
        
       | numinary1 wrote:
       | This is amazing. Great format. It would be cool to link original
       | recordings too, but merely nice-to-have, not essential. I love
       | being able to listen to the solos unaccompanied.
        
         | AlbertCory wrote:
         | Some of them are there. Joyspring, My Favorite Things, I'll
         | Remember April (Lee Konitz). Probably copyright problems with
         | the others.
         | 
         | Speaking of Joyspring -- Manhattan Transfer does a version of
         | this, where they fit words to the actual solo.
         | 
         | While we're on the subject: Clifford Brown's son is a DJ on
         | KCSM (San Mateo). He didn't know his dad very well, obviously.
        
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