Posted by Atticus on January 21, 2005, at 10:15:43
In reply to Re: poem ... Lays Down a Whisker Drum Snare, posted by malthus on January 20, 2005, at 19:36:29
Hi Malthus!
Coltrane's sinuously jazzy version of "My Favorite Things" was his most popular piece, both among jazz afficianados and casual listeners. Performing at the famous Village Vanguard in 1963, he improvised and teased out a stunning 18-minute version, which I have on a CD.Mishka's playing with the ball planted the idea of musical cats in my head, but the sound of the bell wasn't quite jazzy enough. So I imagine him in the poem, slow and dreamy and cool, tapping his whiskers as support percussion to Simon's melody line on a hard surface like the floor or a table top, to mimic the light sound of a snare (one of those things that looks like a metal whisk broom, just in case you're unfamiliar). A snare in jazz tends to lay down a very gentle percussive carpet of sound without being as obstrusive as a drumstick. It's a very laid-back sound, and I thought it would match up well with Mishka's personality. ;) Atticus
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