On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Kevin Ryan wrote:
quoted 10 lines martin <martin.wood@advent-comm.co.uk> responds:> martin <martin.wood@advent-comm.co.uk> responds:
> >>john coltrane
> >>
> >>if theres one musician i think everyone has to check out its trane..
> >>
> >>devastating
>
> Um, if I had to pick one word for Coltrane, it would
> be "inaccessible." At least for his later free-form
> period. I personally don't like all his noodling around,
I don't know -- I find "Interstellar Space" to be immensely
accessible once you let yourself appreciate it purely as a
sonic environment. Coltrane's music demands a surrender
from the listener -- if you try to keep up with him using your
analytical mind you'll be exhausted. Better to just let
the sound wash over you.
There are many pretty atypical Coltrane
recordings that give you some idea of his range -- I love the
"Ballads" record, and the "Africa Brass" sessions with Eric Dolphy.
quoted 3 lines Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps," however, there's> Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps," however, there's
> some gratuitous complexity I can understand.
>
Sacre is ripe for a Funkstorung remix ;-)