Bob Shemkovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>on Wed, 6 Nov 2002 03:28:10 EST, Fred wrote: > >> In my college days, way back in the early 30s, I wrote a piece for several >> horns and rhythm section, and the horn players stood around the piano playing >> right into it while I held the damper pedal down (which releases the dampers >> allowing the strings to vibrate freely in response to the stimulus of the >> horns). It was called "The Listening Well." It's kind of like the reverb of a >> huge cathedral or concert hall (or studio reverb) only it has more overtones >> and harmonics ... I call it "pitched reverb." A good example is Paul Horn's >> classic album "Inside," flute recorded in the Taj Mahal. In conjunction with >> the thick clouds of reverb, the usually monophonic flute becomes a chordal >> instrument. (By the way, Horn later recorded "Blue" and a couple of other >> Joni songs.) > >Fred, one of my favorite styles of music is late 20s-early 30s small band >jazz. Is this the style in which you wrote The Listening Well? From the >sound of the instrumentation you mention, that's the impression I get. >Did you record it, and if so, has it been put out on CD? I for one would enjoy >hearing it. Well, it's not on CD, but if you have a wax cylinder player ... You know, I may as well put a stop to this here and now; I guess in cyberspace no one can see you smile. It's a joke, I'm just funnin' ya ... not about the music but about when -- it was actually in the early 70s. And the music was kind of modal late-Coltrane style. Sorry for any misunderstanding. -Fred
