Re: looking for: OMAR
Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
05 Jun 96 21:51:48 -0800
Er> 2. Coldcut - Sexy bits
on the old dj tools/food records, this was their code for the loop section of
the record (so you could build your own tracks).
Er> Strictly improvised music (how do they do it?) in the free form of
Er> jazz. First, I was a bit in doubt about the idea of not rehersing, but
Er> after a few spins I was convinced that this was just like the sleeve
Er> note says: ...spontaneous combustion, chaos through unity.
when ornette coleman 1st started performing "free jazz", he was going back to
the roots of jazz. in dixieland, they all came up w/their own
countermelodies spontaneously. all ornette was doing was throwing out the
predetermined harmony (chords) and keeping the simultaneous (counter)melodies.
it's just part of the tradition.
t-bird
... the difference between blue note & impulse is 2 days of rehearsal...