DIE ÜBUNG (THE EXERCISE)
Sitting with John Coltrane and James Benning. |
Sitting with John Coltrane and James Benning.
Thursday, 30. April: 1 lesson: listening, 79 min.
John Coltrane: Ascension I/II (1965)
John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp (Tenorsaxophon), Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson (Trompete), Marion Brown, John Tchicai (Altsaxophon), McCoy Tyner (Klavier), Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis (Bass), Elvin Jones (Schlagzeug)
?An awesome, inspiring, challenging, involving, beautiful and emotionally draining piece.?
Wednesday, 13. May: 2. lesson: watching, 133 min
James Benning: 13 Lakes (2004)
?Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.?
Thursday, 28. May 3. lesson: listening, 54 min
John Coltrane: Interstellar Space
John Coltrane (Tenorsaxophon, Glocken), Rashied Ali (Schlagzeug)
?Noisy, abrasive, violent.?
Thursday 11. June: 4. lesson: watching, 101 min
James Benning: Ten Skies (2004)
?Ten Skies is about one sky, segmented by breaks between ten ten-minute films. |
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