Prime Time

Joseph Pehrson wrote,

> All Numerators and Denominators are Prime.

Well, save one -- 1!

BTW, I think Coleman's Prime Time, like much Ives, offers an
*excellent* possible template (and IMO, conducive preexisting
structural and ideological context) for those who might be interested
in a multiple tuning (or "poly-intonational") approach to
composition... and I've posted in the past about the influence that
Ronald Shannon Jackson's early version of The Decoding Society had on
me personally in this context. I think "Barbeque Dog" and "Mandance"
are exceptionally inspired and very undervalued compositional
achievements by Jackson and a prime Decoding Society... and while it's
true that they're all rendered in the same old, same old (12-tET),
it's not true enough, because the polyglot tuning implications were so
vivid that I just colored 'em right in in my head -- "in all
languages" indeed!

ds

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
>
> > All Numerators and Denominators are Prime.
>
> Well, save one -- 1!

Good point - it doesn't count though!! }: )

>
> BTW, I think Coleman's Prime Time, like much Ives, offers an
> *excellent* possible template (and IMO, conducive preexisting
> structural and ideological context) for those who might be
interested
> in a multiple tuning (or "poly-intonational") approach to
> composition...

I LOVE Prime Time!!!! All Ornette RULES!! Never throughly
comprehended his Harmelodic Theoretical concept, other than being
familar with it from hearing his recordings, but I love the way he
uses modulation to create shifting layers.

and I've posted in the past about the influence that
> Ronald Shannon Jackson's early version of The Decoding Society had
on
> me personally in this context. I think "Barbeque Dog" and "Mandance"
> are exceptionally inspired and very undervalued compositional
> achievements by Jackson and a prime Decoding Society...

The first recordings that I was ever exposed to from Ronald Shannon
Jackson, was his work with Cecil Taylor (who I must here admit I am a
HUGE fan!), and he is unbelieveable!

and while it's
> true that they're all rendered in the same old, same old (12-tET),
> it's not true enough, because the polyglot tuning implications were
so
> vivid that I just colored 'em right in in my head -- "in all
> languages" indeed!
>

These guys explore the beautiful regions - no doubt about it. The
musicianship behind it all trancesends 12 tET.

Jacky