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Evaluating Creativity in Automatic Reactive Accompaniment of Jazz Improvisation

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|Nov 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.90 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 28, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 6, 2021
Published on: Nov 30, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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