This is like Apple Music Classical, but for jazz

I’m really taken by Dynamic App Design’s new jazz exploration app, Sessionography: Jazz Explorer.

So much so that I think Apple should pay the developer and acquire it. It’s like Apple Music Classical for jazz, and I’m certain that jazz aficionados will love it.

So, what does the app do?

First, it links to Apple Music for playback. Then it introduces its own powerful features all built natively for Apple’s platforms. It’s Siri compatible, Apple Watch-savvy and just a great way to explore jazz.

Sessionography provides comprehensive information about music sessions, including musicians, tunes, labels, and studios. It allows users to explore connections between musicians, view discographies, and build customised mixes.

All of the music data comes from open source databases: MusicBrainz, Discogs, and a few others. The developer told me, “I’ve merged them and host them on my own server which allows me to manipulate the data and add layers of corrections as needed.”

That brings seriously cool features, so you can tap any musician to see everyone they ever recorded with, radiating out in a living graph, or find every recording of a standard, laid out across the decades, search by studio, find live recordings, and more. 

Essentially, Sessionography Jazz Explorer seems to be a real gateway into the world of jazz, making it an invaluable companion app for any jazz lover who uses Apple Music and an Apple product, Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. I think it should be very popular.

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