Exploring the Latent Structure of Collaborations in Music Recordings: A Case Study in Jazz Nazareno Andrade and Flavio Figueiredo
WHAT AND WHY Collaboration trajectories in jazz records
Chico Hamilton QuintetCharles Mingus Latin Jazz Quintet The John Coltrate QuartetThe Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
Eric Dolphy (sideman) 1958 1960 1960 1961 1961 WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENTS ARE FOUND?
(a) Bebop (b) Bebop 2 (c) Free Jazz Donald Byrd Roland Kirk Miles Davis Miles Davis Miles Davis Wes Montgomery George Benson Quincy Jones Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, J.J. Johnson, Charlie Rouse, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Artists Lucky Thompson, Charlie Parker Lee Morgan Lester Bowie Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey & The Jazz M., Miles Davis, Archie Shepp, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Herbie Hancock Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Cecil Taylor, Steve Lacy, (sideman) 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1968 1971 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Charles Mingus, Max Roach Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman
Model: Trajectories as explained by latent factors (d) Improvisation UK Big Bands (e) Italian (F) Fusion Paul Rutherford, Evan Parker, Giovanni Maier,Gianni Basso, DonAlias, David Liebman, John Edwards, Johannes Bauer, Lauro Rossi, Dino Piana, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano,
Details: Bayesian graphical model that sees a trajectory as a set of random walks over random environments Artists Collaborators Paul Rogers, Malcolm Griffiths Giancarlo Schiaffini Bob Berg, Mino Cinelu In this work London Improvisers Orchestra, Giorgio Gaslini, Italian Instabile Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood Of Breath, Orchestra, EnricoRava, Nexus, John Scofield, Chick Corea, - Jazz recordings from Discogs (www.discogs.com), filtered for obvious reissues Globe Unity Orchestra Chet Baker Nicola Conte Mike Stern, Herbie Hancock Collaborators - Trajectories as explained by |Z| = 30 topics, Gibbs sampling Clear loadings on stylistic, geographical and chronological latent constraints that shape collaboration trajectories
INTERPRETABILITY 1. Who are the musicians that exert more attraction in a given space z? 3. Transition matrix/network for spaces
London Improvisers William Parker Orchestra Chris McGregor's Anthony Braxton Brotherhood Of Breath Rova Saxophone Globe Unity Quartet Orchestra Masada (3) Barry Guy The Vinny Golia Mike Westbrook
Large Ensemble 5 3 Aardvark Jazz The Dedication Artist Artist Orchestra Orchestra The Glasgow Improvi- Vinny Golia sers Orchestra The Fonda/Stevens Spontaneous Group Music Ensemble Butch Morris Paul Dunmall
John Zorn Graham Collier Music
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 probability probability
Count Basie Louis Armstrong Count Basie Billie Holiday Orchestra Billie Holiday Sidney Bechet Louis Armstrong Lester Young 4. What is the probability that an environment z caused collaborator to go And His Orchestra Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins 14 7 from playing with a to playing with a'? Artist
Ella Fitzgerald Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan Benny Carter Duke Ellington Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Frank Sinatra Cab Calloway Miles Davis Louis Armstrong Buck Clayton And His All−Stars 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 probability probability
John Coltrane Freddie Hubbard Dizzy Gillespie Donald Byrd J.J. Johnson Hank Modbley Charlies Rouse Wayne Shorter 2. Visualize graph/transition probabilities on a given space Lucky Thompson
Phil Woods Al Cohn Steve Coleman
Milan Svoboda Likelihood (Avg over 2 years) Bernie Glow And Five Elements Urbie Green
Satoko Fujii bottom−4 Louis Armstrong Orchestra New York top−4 Artist Artist John Zorn Earl Hines 0.0 0.5 1.0
Czechoslovak Radio 1950 1955 1960 Anthony Braxton Jazz Orchestra Year 0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0 0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0 Entropy Entropy