Acclaimed avant-garde trombonist and musical innovator George Lewis performs with U-M’s own grand jazz pianist Geri Allen for a live action trio with a computer generated “virtual improvisator” program (designed in part by Lewis) to respond to their playing on acoustic Yamaha Disklavier. Their combination of live and digitally generated music and completely improvised dialogue/sonic negotiation should not be missed.

Panel Discussion (following performance): “Improvisation as a Way of Life” with Arnold I. Davidson, University of Chicago; George E. Lewis, Columbia University; Geri Allen and Edward W. Sarath, University of Michigan.