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Traditional jazz chord progressions follow established patterns that contribute to the genre\u2019s distinct sound. However, the demand for more innovative and diverse harmonic structures has led to the exploration of alternative approaches in music generation. This paper addresses the challenge of generating novel and engaging jazz chord sequences that go beyond traditional chord progressions. It proposes an unconventional statistical approach, leveraging a corpus of 1382 jazz standards, which includes key information, song structure, and chord sequences by section. The proposed method generates chord sequences based on statistical patterns extracted from the corpus, considering a tonal context while introducing a degree of unpredictability that enhances the results with elements of surprise and interest. The goal is to move beyond conventional and well-known jazz chord progressions, exploring new and inspiring harmonic possibilities. The evaluation of the generated dataset, which matches the size of the learning corpus, demonstrates a strong statistical alignment between distributions across multiple analysis parameters while also revealing opportunities for further exploration of novel harmonic pathways.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/info16060504","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,17]],"date-time":"2025-06-17T10:45:26Z","timestamp":1750157126000},"page":"504","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Generative Jazz Chord Progressions: A Statistical Approach to Harmonic Creativity"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7432-7474","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adriano N.","family":"Raposo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Rua Marqu\u00eas d\u2019\u00c1vila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"},{"name":"Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Polytechnic University of Castelo Branco, Av. 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