a polymicrotonal model (ode to Barbeque Dog)

While Ives' (orchestral) "The Housatonic at Stockbridge" was the first
piece of music that I really remember had me hearing the possibilities
of further defining densely layered rhythms and tonalities by way of
multiple tunings... I was also quite certain that another music I was
listening to at the time would be very conducive to what I was
hearing.

Ronald Shannon Jackson's early version of The Decoding Society
(specifically "Barbeque Dog," and "Mandance"), while an obvious
outgrowth of Ornette Coleman's harmolodic funk bands (Prime Time), had
an amazingly thoroughgoing commitment to the polyrhythmic and
polytonal separation and definition of parts, and Jackson's
compositions (on these two albums that I specified) achieved a really
distinct sound all their own...

It was a sound, or perhaps more accurately a general compositional
aesthetic, that I ended up multi-tuning in my head for a long while
thereafter... long live Barbeque Dog!

Dan

Dan, right on! You da man! R.S.J. is a tremendously under-valued
drummer and composer. I love his work also. I was briefly involved in
corrospondance with him earlier this decade, and he gave me encouragement
to get where I'm at today. Wonderful cat. Barbeque Dog. Decoded, George Z.

>From: "D.Stearns" <stearns@capecod.net>
>
>While Ives' (orchestral) "The Housatonic at Stockbridge" was the first
>piece of music that I really remember had me hearing the possibilities
>of further defining densely layered rhythms and tonalities by way of
>multiple tunings... I was also quite certain that another music I was
>listening to at the time would be very conducive to what I was
>hearing.
>
>Ronald Shannon Jackson's early version of The Decoding Society
>(specifically "Barbeque Dog," and "Mandance"), while an obvious
>outgrowth of Ornette Coleman's harmolodic funk bands (Prime Time), had
>an amazingly thoroughgoing commitment to the polyrhythmic and
>polytonal separation and definition of parts, and Jackson's
>compositions (on these two albums that I specified) achieved a really
>distinct sound all their own...
>
>It was a sound, or perhaps more accurately a general compositional
>aesthetic, that I ended up multi-tuning in my head for a long while
>thereafter... long live Barbeque Dog!
>
>Dan
>
>
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