Sheets of sound Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Sheets of sound was a term coined in 1958 by Down Beat magazine jazz critic Ira Gitler to describe the new, unique style of John Coltrane. Gitler wrote:

As he learned harmonically from Davis and Monk, and developed his mechanical skills, a new more confident Coltrane emerged. He has used long lines and multinoted figures within these lines, but in 1958 he started playing sections that might be termed "sheets of sound."

Coltrane employed improvisational, harmonic techniques where densely packed solos consisting of high speed arpeggios and scale patterns were played in rapid succession.

This style incorporates many elements, including the multichordal and melodic lyricism of Miles Davis, and the multiphonics Coltrane learned from Thelonious Monk. In retrospect, the influences of both Davis and Monk were key to the development of Coltrane's sheets of sound technique, but it was Coltrane himself who created it.

According to Coltrane, the freedom of Miles Davis' music allowed him to apply harmonic ideas to stacked chords and substitutions. Further, this open approach allowed Coltrane to play three chords simultaneously, a style Monk initically taught Coltrane. The "three-on-one chord approach" gave the music a fluid, sweeping sound that was harmonically vertical.

In the liner notes to Giant Steps, Nat Hentoff, editor of The Jazz Review, wrote:

These "sheets of sound" were multinote hailstorms of dense textures that sound like a simultaneous series of waterfalls. "His continuous flow of ideas without stopping really hit me," Gitler said. "It was almost superhuman. The amount of energy he was using could have powered a spaceship.

Table of contents

1 See also 2 Recordings 3 External links

See also

• Coltrane changes

Recordings

• 1958 - Miles and Monk at Newport
• 1958 - Milestones
• 1958 - Soultrane
• 1960 - Giant Steps

External links

• 1958, 'Trane On The Track, Down Beat. Ira Gitler invents the phrase, "sheets of sound".
• 1960, Coltrane on Coltrane, Down Beat. Coltrane writes about the style.
• 1960, Liner Notes: Giant Steps. Nat Hentoff refers to "sheets of sound".

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