Jazz Frontiers: 2026-01-11

Grandmaster Improvisations

Investigating the profound link between the logic of Chess and the structure of Jazz. Exploring music as a strategic game of pattern recognition, featuring the stories of Anthony Braxton, Sun Ra, and Charlie Parker.

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  • #chess
  • #logic

Tracklist

  1. Anthony Braxton & Joe Fonda - Composition 168+147 (Duets, 1995)
  2. Steve Coleman and Five Elements - The X Format (Black Science, 1991)
  3. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido (Bird and Diz, 1952)
  4. Max Roach - Three-Four vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways (The Max Roach Trio feat. The Legendary Hasaan, 1965)
  5. Sun Ra - Tapestry From an Asteroid (Transitions 3 - Chicago to NY, 2016)