Tuesday, July 19, 2011

John Cage and Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Sound??" 1966

Originally produced to air on television in 1967, directed by Dick Fontaine. "Sound??" is a Masterpiece combining footage of Rahsaan Roland Kirk (legendary simultaneous multi-instrumentalist, humorist, poet, and  master of sound) improvising at Ronnie Scott's, with footage of John Cage moving through various acoustical environs and ruminating on the nature or sound and music, as he tends to do...
Youtube Links (3 Parts):










JwPlayer (one part, better quality):



Torrent Link (.avi):

Here

Imagine seeing this on TV these days...

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