latarnick
05.04.09, 07:13
Gdzie sa dzis jego akcje?
Teoretyzowal w swoich ksiazkach na temat wynalezionej przez
siebie "dialektyki jazzu" czyli "Bird versus Pres".
Bardzo popularny wsrod jazzmanow PRL i RFN (i tylko tam). W PRL
odznaczony przez Ministra Kultury i Sztuki.
Byl wrecz jazzowym fanatykiem, az tu nagle w 1983 oglosil smierc
jazzu.
In 1983 Berendt published The World Is Sound: Nada Brahma and The
Third Ear: On Listening to the World. In these books Berendt
investigates in listening in general, i.e. its medical, historical,
physical, cultural and philosophical aspects.
This turn to philosophy – which also saw him becoming a disciple of
Indian mystic Osho[1] – was regretted by some of his readers, yet
much appreciated by others. Berendt declared Jazz dead, which also
provoked diverse reactions. He did not intend to turn against Jazz
in general but to describe the advancement of musical expression to
other directions. The World Is Sound is one of the most eminent
works in the history of literature about the cosmos of the audible
and everything dealing with sound and vibration. Being regarded as
belonging to the New Age movement by many, Berendt however cites
numerous well-known scientists and does a thorough research. He
leaves the subject of Jazz to explore music in a more general sense.
