coltrane - giant steps

  On 8/11/2010 at 5:49 PM, kaini said:

i remember the day i figured out that the last movement of a love supreme was literally the lyrics made music; it blew my mind.

more on this, please?

  On 8/11/2010 at 9:32 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

  On 8/11/2010 at 5:49 PM, kaini said:

i remember the day i figured out that the last movement of a love supreme was literally the lyrics made music; it blew my mind.

 

more on this, please?

  Quote

I will do all I can to be worthy of Thee, O Lord.

It all has to do with it.

Thank You God.

 

Peace. There is none other.

God is. It is so beautiful.

Thank You God.

 

God is all.

Help us to resolve our fears and weaknesses.

In you all things are possible.

Thank you God.

 

We know. God made us so.

Keep your eye on God.

God is. He always was. He always will be.

 

No matter what... it is God.

He is gracious and merciful.

It is most important that I know Thee.

 

Words, sounds, speech, men, memory, throughts,

fears and emotions--time--all related...

all made from one... all made in one.

 

Blessed be his name.

Thought waves--heat waves--all vibrations--

all paths lead to God. Thank you God.

 

His way... it is so lovely... it is gracious.

It is merciful--Thank you God.

One thought can produce millions of vibrations

and they all go back to God... everything does.

 

Thank you God.

Have no fear... believe... Thank you God.

The universe has many wonders. God is all.

 

His way... it is so wonderful.

Thoughts--deeds--vibrations,

all go back to God and He cleanses all.

 

He is gracious and merciful... Thank you God.

Glory to God... God is so alive.

God is.

God loves.

 

May I be acceptable in Thy sight.

 

We are all one in His grace.

The fact that we do exist is acknowledgement

of Thee, O Lord.

Thank you God.

 

God will wash away all our tears...

He always has...

He always will.

 

Seek him everyday. In all ways seek God everyday.

Let us sing all songs to God.

To whom all praise is due... praise God.

 

No road is an easy one, but they all

go back to God.

 

With all we share God.

It is all with God.

It is all with Thee.

 

Obey the Lord.

Blessed is He.

 

We are all from one thing... the will of God...

Thank you God.

 

--I have seen ungodly--

none can be greater--none can compare

Thank you God.

 

He will remake... He always has and He

always will.

It's true--blessed be His name--Thank you God.

 

God breathes through us so completely...

so gently we hardly feel it... yet,

it is our everything.

 

Thank you God.

 

ELATION--ELEGANCE--EXALTATION--

All from God.

 

Thank you God. Amen.

 

 

 

 

John William Coltrane

this is a pretty lo-fi rendition but i hope you get it. listen and read.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnmHg-5WuQQ&feature=related

god damn. coltrane.

  On 8/11/2010 at 9:31 PM, spratters said:

Can't say I'm blown away by the animation. It's a good idea but not the most difficult thing to replicate without too much hard work. Quality proof of a great saxophonist though.

you reckon he blended an actual scan of the score with a blank score book, gradually revealing the notes, or some shit? i've been trying to figure out how he did it. it's not sibelius, that's for sure

edit: it would be interesting to see if there's a split in opinion between the people who know music theory/can read music and those who don't on the vid in the OP. i have a good knowledge of theory and can read music (slowly!) and i know messiaen's like greased lightning with that stuff...

YO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS THREAD MADE ME PULL OUT "GIANT STEPS" AND I'VE BEEN ENJOYING IT TREMENDOUSLY. ALWAYS AMPS ME UP SO MUCH.

didn't really enjoy seeing the score though....

  On 8/11/2010 at 8:00 PM, dr lopez said:

the people that spend the time to transcribe and/or animate these things are those types of trane freaks that don't care about anything else. all other musicians are below him in every respect. Happens a lot with Bird too. Bunch of Bird recordings I have just stop after his solo.

First of all, I explained to you that the Bird collection you ripped from me called "Omnibook Excerpts" is a tool for saxophone students designed to help them hear and learn the transcriptions in "The Charlie Parker Omnibook". It's not like there's someone making official Bird releases with half of the tune cut out.

Why not exclude the Flanagan solo, though? It's not horrendous but compared to his body of his work, it's somewhere between meh and embarrassing. Coltrane's solo wasn't just brilliant, it was pivotal in the evolution of jazz. It's not a matter of people thinking Trane was the end-all and be-all, it's just a matter of paying proper respect to one of the most talented/influential saxophone players of all time.

  On 8/11/2010 at 8:18 PM, iamabe said:

awesome awesome video in the OP, god damn.

 

someone please do something like this for the percussion in vordhosbn?

Finally checked this out, very cool. One of my favorite jazz albums ever!

Naima is also a favorite from that one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ywkpVJ624

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5j_Lx2R4g

the whole album is gold, especially the edition with an alternate take of every track at the end.

I did enjoy that Kaini but c'mon man! Transcribed Coltrane is like trying to describe a Van Gogh to someone who can't see. A difficult if not impossible task. How does a person even begin to show the inflection of Coltrane's playing on paper?

Great songs above this post and I am sure there will more great ones below this post....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me7P9qqBgwI

  On 8/19/2010 at 11:54 PM, Atop said:

I did enjoy that Kaini but c'mon man! Transcribed Coltrane is like trying to describe a Van Gogh to someone who can't see. A difficult if not impossible task. How does a person even begin to show the inflection of Coltrane's playing on paper?

  On 8/12/2010 at 12:05 AM, kaini said:

edit: it would be interesting to see if there's a split in opinion between the people who know music theory/can read music and those who don't on the vid in the OP. i have a good knowledge of theory and can read music (slowly!) and i know messiaen's like greased lightning with that stuff...

also, you are correct. those are just the notes. giant steps has been covered a fuckin zillion times, and none of them sound like coltrane - but of course every soloist is going to have a different solo. the head lays out the theme and the changes for people to solo over in their own way, this is the most excellent nature of jazz. a soloist might follow the general melodic structure of coltrane's solo, but no-one is out to just copy it, that would be lame. and foolish, cos coltrane had fucking chops.

yeah truth! No one could if they wanted to. The man is a holy being of light.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_TDoOPnIA

the first track off my first coltrane album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1GrP6thz-k

BAM what a great intro to saint john

the sound of 'the sound of music' getting ripped a new asshole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7aoPBzkYK4&feature=related

the double-tounging the reed shit starting at around 3 minutes in, jesus fucking christ

love it!!!!!

im not exactly sure what you mean by even having an opinion on the first vid, i mean, all it is the notes popping up as they are played. surely the purpose is just to look cool and help people to hear exactly just how much he's actually playing in a short amount of time? it does look pretty cool aswell.

ATOP: transcribing solos is an excellent way to learn how to apply the theory one learns. One of my piano teachers (who was an amazing pianist/musician in his own right) was a huge fan of Oscar Peterson - he transcribed all of his solos when he was starting out studying.

  On 8/11/2010 at 5:49 PM, kaini said:

i remember the day i figured out that the last movement of a love supreme was literally the lyrics made music; it blew my mind.

what do you mean by this? isnt this pretty standard issue in jazz...ie salt peanuts...so what etc