Voyager

by George E. Lewis

Voyager cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Avant
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:54
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Voyager' presents a groundbreaking intersection of free improvisation and interactive computer programming, featuring a trombonist playing alongside an autonomous software system. The algorithms generate real-time musical responses based on the human performer's input, blurring the lines between composer, improviser, and machine. It remains a historical landmark in the field of interactive computer music and avant-garde jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, complex, avant-garde, instrumental, dissonant, experimental, electronic, conceptual, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Voyager Duo 1 (2:59)
  2. Voyager Duo 2 (1:35)
  3. Voyager Duo 3 (3:42)
  4. Voyager Duo 4 (5:38)
  5. Voyager Duo 5 (7:56)
  6. Voyager Duo 6 (2:34)
  7. Voyager Duo 7 (6:00)
  8. Voyager Duo 8 (3:57)
  9. Home Coming (9:33)

Credits

  • George Lewis - primary artist, trombone, computer, composed by [all music by]
  • Roscoe Mitchell - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Lisa Wells - typography [typesetting by]

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