Christopher L. H. Cooper | Public figure
Christopher L. H. Cooper
Phone: +61 406 030 188
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24.01.2022 60 Giant Steps New project premieres tonight live from the Joan Sutherland Theatre as part of the @sydneyoperahouse digital season from 8pm AEDT (Saturday 24 October). All respect for @swicked17 for hammering away on this one to pull it together. Link in bio.
21.01.2022 60 Giant Steps New project with @godtetgodtet and @swicked17 premieres tomorrow as part of the @sydneyoperahouse digital season. Tune in from 8pm AEDT this Saturday 24 October for the live performance. Hit the link in my bio. Full Description: Celebrating the 60thanniversary of John Coltrane’s revolutionary composition ‘Giant Steps’, Sydney’s own psychedelic jazz explorers GODTET will expand the original’s four minute blast of hyper-speed virtuosity into a 40 minute medita...tion on Coltrane’s creativity, spirituality, and how our perceptions of identity, time and place have changed in the face of 2020. A bespoke live-streamed performance commissioned exclusively for Sydney Opera House featuring specially created visuals by illustrator Christopher Cooper and animator Swicked,60 Giant Stepsunravels the mythical status that Coltrane’s opus gained upon release in 1960. A babel-like structure of rapid fire key changes that pushed the Circle of Fifths music theory to extreme lengths, 60 years on ‘Giant Steps’ maintains its reputation as the most revered and feared piece to play in the canon of jazz. Enter Godriguez. A prolific producer, beat-maker and guitarist who has led the charge in a new Australian jazz movement since his soulful touch was heard all over Sampa the Great’s breakthrough mixtape in 2015, his quintet GODTET have released a string of critically acclaimed improvised albums, sparking fans from France’s globetrotting tastemaker Gilles Peterson through to Melbourne contemporaries Hiatus Kaiyote. Now set to release three new albums in 2020 beginning with the single-take-to-tape sessionsSuiteunleashed this month, the electro-acoustic improvisers will tackle the Coltrane classic by creating a sample-bathed delight that expands its principle melody into a serene interplay of guitar, bass, drums, grand piano, and a swathe of synthesisers and percussion. Featuring world-building, animated illustrations drawn from Coltrane’s own inspirations in quantum physics through to the geometric shapes and cyclical patterns seen in music theory,60 Giant Stepsis a spectral voyage for all fans of jazz
17.01.2022 60 Giant Steps WIP @swicked17 @alisterhill @joshmilch ... @sydneyoperahouse See more
07.01.2022 Noodling around while listening to Octavia Butler’s near future sci-fi Parable of the Sower. Good book. Worth reading, especially right about now.
03.01.2022 60 Giant Steps WIP Show streams in 20 at 8pm AEDT @godtetgodtet @alisterhill @swicked17 ... @sydneyoperahouse See more
