Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, I forgot to point out that the guy on the mridangam (percussion) in your link to KVN is Umayalpuram Sivaraman, who is also one of the all time greats.... Cheers Jayanand On Dec 13, 2007 10:49 PM, Phil Swango <pswango@att.net> wrote: > J. Govindaraj wrote: > What I mean is that because Indian classical is all modal, and your ear is > attuned to it, later Coltrane, Ornette or even someone like Albert Ayler > become quite enjoyable > ======================= > > A lot of the time I think Ayler was expressing himself through timbre more > than harmony or melody. He once called his own music "energy music", as > distinguished from Trane's "space bebop" (Ayler's term). "Primal scream" > would get pretty close to the idea. ;-) > > There's a new film (2007) about him called "My Name is Albert Ayler." I > saw > it last week and liked it. More here: > http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_name_is_albert_ayler/ > > Also, I have a question. Years ago I had a record of a South Indian > singer > named N.V. Narayanaswamy on the Nonesuch label. Do you know of him, and > if > so, would that be an example of Carnatic music? I remember that I liked > it > a lot. > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >