Sheets of Sound
Sheets of sound è un'espressione coniata nel 1958 da Down Beat, rivista jazz, in particolare dal critico Ira Gitler[1][2], per descrivere il nuovo e unico stile di improvvisazione di John Coltrane. Gitler usò per la prima volta la definizione nel commento al disco Soultrane (1958).
Caratteristiche
Coltrane sviluppò uno stile d'improvvisazione molto particolare, costituito da un fraseggio denso di scale in rapidissima successione: centinaia di note, dai registri più bassi a quelli più alti, nel valore sedicesimi o minore, ordinate prevalentemente in strutture irregolari come quintine e settimine. Il tutto suonava come una sorta di glissato. Il sassofonista diede le basi a questo stile suonando con Thelonious Monk e lo approfondì quando tornò a suonare con Miles Davis.
Note
- ^ Nat Hentoff, Liner notes for John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Deluxe Edition), su rhino.com, Rhino Entertainment, 1960. URL consultato il 15 febbraio 2008 (archiviato dall'url originale il 17 agosto 2002).«While he was with Miles, Coltrane was tagged with the phrase "sheets of sound." Jazz critic Ira Gitler had first used it. These "sheets of sound" were multinote hailstorms of dense textures that sound like a simultaneous series of waterfalls. "His continuous flow of ideas without stopping really hit me," Gitler said. "It was almost superhuman. The amount of energy he was using could have powered a spaceship."»
- ^ Ira Gitler, 'Trane On The Track, su downbeat.com, Down Beat, 16 ottobre 1958. URL consultato il 15 febbraio 2008 (archiviato dall'url originale il 30 settembre 2007).
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Album in studio | Coltrane (1957) · Blue Train (1957) · John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (1958) · Soultrane (1958) · Giant Steps (1960) · Coltrane Jazz (1961) · My Favorite Things (1961) · Olé Coltrane (1961) · Africa/Brass (1961) · Coltrane (1962) · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963) · Ballads (1963) · John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) · Impressions (1963) · Crescent (1964) · A Love Supreme (1965) · The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965) · Ascension (1966) · Meditations (1966) · Kulu Sé Mama (1967) · Expression (1967) | ||||||||||
Album live | "Live" at the Village Vanguard (1961) · Coltrane Live at Birdland (1963) · New Thing at Newport (1966) · Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (1966) | ||||||||||
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Raccolte | Like Sonny · The Major Works of John Coltrane · The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years · The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2 · New Wave in Jazz · The Gentle Side of John Coltrane · The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane · The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. 1: Feelin' Good · The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. II: To the Beat of a Different Drum · The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. 3: Jupiter Variation · The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. IV: Trane's Modes · Gleanings · The Complete Prestige Recordings · Fearless Leader · The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings · The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings · Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane · The Last Giant: Anthology · Coltrane for Lovers · The Best of John Coltrane · Trane's Blues · The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era | ||||||||||
Box set | The Impulse! Albums: Volume One · The Impulse! Albums: Volume 2 · The Impulse! Albums: Volume Three · The Impulse! Albums: Volume 4 · The Impulse! Albums: Volume Five · | ||||||||||
Composizioni | Alabama · Acknowledgement · Equinox · Giant Steps · Ogunde · Impressions · Naima · Lazy Bird · Cousin Mary · Lonnie's Lament · Mr. P.C. | ||||||||||
Collaborazioni | Interplay · Mal-2 · Whims of Chambers · Winner's Circle · The Dealers · High Step · Mating Call · Sonny's Crib · Countdown: The Savoy Sessions · A Blowin' Session · Tenor Madness · Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions · Bags & Trane · Gold Coast · Jazz Way Out · Tanganyika Strut · Mainstream 1958 · Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet · Basic Miles · Live in New York · 'Round About Midnight · Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants · Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley · Milestones · 1958 Miles · Miles & Monk at Newport · Kind of Blue · Someday My Prince Will Come · Monk's Music · Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane · The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings · Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | ||||||||||
Voci correlate | Coltrane Changes · Sheets of Sound · Juanita Naima Grubbs · Alice Coltrane · Ravi Coltrane · McCoy Tyner · Elvin Jones · Jimmy Garrison · Rashied Ali · Pharoah Sanders · Asteroide 5893 Coltrane · John Coltrane Home · Interstellar Space Revisited: The Music of John Coltrane · John W. Coltrane Cultural Society · John Coltrane Quartet · The World According to John Coltrane · Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane · Impulse! Records · Bob Thiele · Rudy Van Gelder · Four for Trane · Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | ||||||||||
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