Creative Commons-licensed jazz sheet music, Wired CD out

By at 7:28 am Monday, Oct 25

Following up on this post about knitting patterns, BoingBoing reader Oren says
Thought I'd let you know that my jazz trio, Whispering Johnson, recently released some new recordings of original tunes (the Birthday Numbers) and we've made not only the audio but also the sheet music available under CC Sampling Plus licensing.

As far as I know it's the first time sheet music has been released with this kind of license. We think they're really good compositions, and we hope others will take them, play 'em, write lyrics for 'em, reharmonize 'em....whatever. It's the old jazz tradition, formalized for our times (which unfortunately seem increasingly hostile to the kinds of informal sharing and extension that have always fostered creativity).

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And while we're at it -- the Wired Magazine CD with CC-licensed tracks is out on newsstands now. Link

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