Researchers from the University of Illinois are developing a computer system capable of communicating with humans through the medium of jazz, playing improvised pieces in real time. The project forms ...

It's a balmy fall evening and David Wessel is performing with a trio at the headquarters of UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Technology. Wessel's fingers are poised over a pad that looks like ...

Years ago, [Leo Neumann]’s girlfriend gave him a 1970s chess computer game that was missing almost everything but the super cool clicky keyboard. Noting the similarity of chess move labeling to chord ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) _ Improvisation is at ...

Last April, in the midst of the pandemic’s first wave, the jazz pianist Dan Tepfer was on a call with his friend Ben Wendel, a jazz saxophonist. Wendel had flown to Maui just before the lockdown, and ...

Douglas County Senior Services needs a volunteer to teach introductory computer classes to older adults. The volunteer must be comfortable working with older adults, and moving at their pace. Senior ...

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