Nels Cline & Greg Bendian/Interstellar Space Revisited/1

sound. at the Schindler House, September 20, 2002

"Leo" from John Coltrane's Interstellar Space performed w/guitar and percussion
Part one of two parts

This concert can be heard in its entirety at the sound. concert archives: http://www.soundnet.org/concerts

Produced by SASSAS

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Nels
• Cline
• Greg
• Bendian
• John
• Coltrane
• Interstellar
• Space
• Revisited
• SASSAS
• Leo

[fidelitysalesman]

First, this "guy" is Nels Cline, one of the greatest guitar players of all time.

Second, Rashied Ali not only approved these two making this record, but was quoted as "loving" it.

[HighSchoolReality]

It's not a cover, it's a reinterpretation. Covering Coltrane would be pointless, and completely idiotic. This is looking at Interstellar Space from a different perspective, not Trane's. It can't be viewed in the light you have placed it, since, no, Nels is NOT playing the right transcription.

[Sgerat00000]

My only complaint is that, if anything, Nels is *not* as "free" as Coltrane was. You can kind of tell when he settles into a certain mode or riff and kind of noodles on it for a bit, albeit for only a few seconds--that's still a few seconds more than Coltrane did. And so it lacks the almost impossibly chaotic, continuous insanity (but still somehow perversely lyrical) of Coltrane.

That being said, 1:26 is brutal as fuck and sounds more like the minimalist mathcore band Orthrelm than anything.

[oldlampsfornew]

I honestly think John would thoroughly enjoy this. Anyone who is hating on this clearly has no idea what kind of person John Coltrane was and what he believed in. Saying that this is a fucking joke really just makes you look completely ignorant and foolish.

[fruitydickhole]

I really have to say that this doesn't do for me what the actual coltrane record does. I'm not say there is anything wrong with this. I just really am moved by the record. I suppose part of it could be that coltrane is so iconic that when I think of him playing the music I'm listening to, it does something more for me. Or it could be that Coltrane is absolutely amazing and no one can pull this off the way he did.

[findingnobody]

Brilliant!

[susanvonseggern]

Come see Tim Berne/Nels Cline/Jim Black on 10/3 at the Angel City Jazz Festival on 10/3 at the Ford Amphitheater in LA.

[93Zos]

Cosmic !

[paulpenelly]

This is a fucking joke and a disgrace to Coltrane. These guys are posers.

[MangOverboard]

Saw the same "show" at the Empty Bottle in Chicago with all of 10-20 people there. Still rates as one of the top 3 shows i've EVER seen. Mindblowing. Can't believe this is here. Thanks for posting!

[liptakinator]

@fidelitysalesman Word

And one of the best living guitarplayers today

[cathygraham140]

Love Coltrane; love Cline. Thanks for posting this.