Re: [microsound] Re: Alternative performance devices

[vze26m98 <vze26m98@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/30/03 at 1:30 PM, The pHarmanaut <pharmanaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> check out "interstellar space" or "meditations". they sound
> absolutely like "a more or (more often) less structured stream
> of noise", and they certainly defy (conventional) concepts of
> "musical" organization.

Actually, Coltrane's playing on _Interstellar Space_ is not only
describable, but relatable to his work dating back to _Impressions_.

Lewis Porter gives over quite a few pages of musical analysis to "Venus"
and provides 5 pages of transcriptions. I think you'd have to conclude
that Coltrane's late period music is VERY structured, not more or less,
and that he possesses a characteristic approach to tonality that isn't
adequately described as "noise."

Best,

Tad

<tad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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