Music
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The return of Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ emphasizes the actual carols
Its success in that department is largely due to the show’s music director Luke Shepherd, a lecturer in UCSC’s Music Department who self-identifies as “a Christmas carol nerd.”
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Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment
Bay Area-born jazz pianist Benny Green is a familiar name and face in Santa Cruz, having charmed audiences at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center for years. On Sunday, Green makes another visit to town, this one up to campus, performing along with the UCSC Big Band in a concert showcasing tunes by the immortal Thelonious Monk,…
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Pianist Benny Green takes the stage alongside UC Santa Cruz Jazz Big Band on Dec. 7
The UC Santa Cruz Jazz Big Band is closing out the fall quarter with a concert on Dec. 7 featuring guest pianist Benny Green, a former student of band director and UCSC music lecturer Charles Hamilton.
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David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83
His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.
