Here are the program notes for "Democracy", a piece for improvisers that I composed for tonight's performance with Amphion - a percussion duo from Chicago.As a graduate student at UC San Diego in the mid-90's, I had the opportunity to study with trombonist, improviser, and computer-musician, George E. Lewis. George (now dean of jazz studies at Columbia University in New York) introduced me to the concept of computer programs that can improvise with human musicians. My own attempts to build [...]
