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vr.tr.jazz · thing-q8341

Let an agent handle jazz by style, musicians, recordings, history and venues, crediting its African American origins and presenting critical views with attribution.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Style Which jazz.

Which

Style.

Which

Jazz style.

  1. Which jazz style is meant? definition
  2. What features characterise it? definition

Musicians

Key figures.

Musicians

Musicians.

  1. Which musicians are associated with this style, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which recordings represent them? provenance
History Origins.

Origins

New Orleans.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did jazz emerge in African American communities? provenance
  2. Which sources document it? provenance

Spread

Global scenes.

Spread

Global spread.

  1. How did jazz spread to other countries and styles? provenance
  2. Which scenes developed? provenance
Music How it works.

Improvisation

Solos.

Improvisation

Improvisation.

  1. How does improvisation work over chord changes? definition
  2. Which learning resources help? provenance

Standards

Repertoire.

Standards

Jazz standards.

  1. Which tunes are common jazz standards? provenance
  2. Who composed them? provenance
Listening Live and recorded.

Venues

Clubs and festivals.

Venues

Venues.

  1. Which venues or festivals present jazz here? provenance
  2. When are events scheduled? provenance

Education

Learning jazz.

Education

Jazz education.

  1. Where can people study jazz? provenance
  2. Are there community ensembles? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.MED
Other names and narrower kinds
spy music, Latin jazz, instrumental jazz, vocal jazz, avant-garde jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, Spanish jazz, sacred jazz, European jazz, Afro-jazz, folk jazz, jazz-funk

What it is Filled

A music genre that originated in African American communities in New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterised by swing, blue notes, call and response, polyrhythm and improvisation, with styles from ragtime and swing to bebop, modal, fusion and Latin jazz.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle jazz by style, musicians, recordings, history and venues, crediting its African American origins and presenting critical views with attribution.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Improvisation
  • Swing and syncopation
  • African American origins
  • Many evolving styles

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Erase or misattribute the African American origins and contributors of jazz.
  • Copy or distribute recordings in breach of copyright.
  • Clone the voice or style of a named musician and present it as theirs.
  • Present racial stereotypes about jazz musicians as fact.

Only with a human decision

  • Releasing recordings or performances generated in a named musician's style.

May

  • Describe jazz history, styles and musicians from reliable sources.
  • Credit composers, performers and recordings accurately.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Jazz grew from African American communities, whose credit and earnings were often taken by others.
  • Recordings of improvisers are unique works deserving credit.

Who is affected

  • Musicians and their estates
  • African American communities
  • Listeners

Owners Filled

Steward

The rights holders for compositions and recordings; the genre itself is a shared culture.

Master systems

  • Collecting society and copyright registries

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q373342 - registry parent class

related

  • popular music - category
  • African American communities of New Orleans - origin
  • blues - related genre
  • jazz ensemble - performers

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.jazz
  • Wikidata: Q8341 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8341)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Improvised solos
  • Swing feel and blue notes
  • Jazz dance is a related form
  • Small groups or big bands with brass, reeds, piano, bass and drums; recordings and live sets.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • identify jazz styles
  • find musicians and recordings
  • trace history and influences
  • find venues, festivals and education

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Erasing African American origins
  • Presenting taste as fact

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Copyright and performing rights
  • UNESCO International Jazz Day

Context of use required Filled

  • Music for listening, dancing and improvisation.
  • early jazz and ragtime
  • swing and big band
  • bebop and hard bop
  • modal and free jazz
  • fusion, Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q8341: jazz - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Jazz - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each jazz style be a separate entry?
  • How should discographies be linked?
  • How should regional scenes be represented?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8341/spec.json