La Jolla Music Society
JAZZ @ THE JAI: Dan Tepfer, piano
San Diego Union-Tribune names Dan Tepfer “a concert not to miss”!
“Being a jazz pianist specializing in spur-of-the-moment musical improvisations seems almost diametrically opposed to writing exacting algorithms.
But Dan Tepfer marries both worlds by creating code that enables him to perform on stage in unison with a piano he has programmed to respond to his playing in real-time.
The twist is that Tepfer — who has collaborated with such jazz greats as Lee Konitz, Billy Hart and Christian McBride — doesn’t know what the programmed piano will play, or how he will respond to it on his keyboard, until he hears it.
The result is live, “four-handed” piano duets performed by two hands (Tepfer’s) and two phantom hands (the algorithms’).”
Jazz just got a little cooler: Witness computer graphics generated in real time to the music of Dan Tepfer. His multimedia masterpiece, Natural Machines, is a SummerFest must-see! Don’t miss this groundbreaking marriage of sound and vision like no other.
CHEERS! This performance is held in The JAI, our intimate cabaret-style concert space where one can enjoy wine, cocktails, table-service, and more.
Dan Tepfer’s Yamaha Disklavier provided by Yamaha Corporation of America in association with Greene Music.
Concerts in The JAI typically run 60 – 75 minutes with no intermission.
This concert is part of our SYNERGY SERIES.
