Sound Museum-Ken Nordine

[ti:Sound Museum] [ar:Ken Nordine] [al:Word Jazz: The Complete 1950s Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sound Museum - Ken Nordine [00:06.30]Right Now [00:07.23] [00:07.98]Before we go anyplace else [00:09.31] [00:10.37]I want you to go with me to a special place that I know [00:14.39] [00:15.44]It's a museum [00:16.33] [00:17.93]But it isn't an ordinary museum [00:20.76] [00:23.26]It's a very abstract museum in [00:25.44]Which they show sound paintings [00:28.84] [00:30.22]If you can say that you show sound [00:32.18] [00:33.91]But I don't see why you can't [00:36.95] [00:38.31]But here we are in this corridor [00:40.16] [00:42.48]Some of the most beautiful works of art are here [00:45.99] [00:48.25]Here's one right here [00:49.79] [00:50.74]This is by a very fine young artist [00:54.52] [00:55.11]Here let me turn it on [00:56.69] [01:21.27]That sold for two thousand dollars [01:23.46] [01:24.78]Makes a lot of money actually [01:26.62]Doing these things [01:27.51] [01:28.40]But now I'd like to turn your [01:29.72]Attention to this work by an artist who is a [01:36.06]World War One veteran [01:38.21] [01:39.42]Actually I don't feet that this for me [01:43.70] [01:44.91]Says what he intended itto say [01:48.28] [01:49.84]And yet there are those [01:50.90]Who listen to it and it says a great deal to them [01:55.26]Well here I'll turn it on and you'll see what I mean [01:58.85] [02:02.61]You can see that he uses limited color range [02:06.80] [02:09.15]Of course that's [02:09.70]Understandable [02:10.52] [02:14.81]I'm glad that it's here though [02:15.99] [02:17.15]But enough of that lets go on to [02:20.96]The next work I want you to see [02:23.69]Now this is a sound painting [02:25.37]That is indicative of the neurotic [02:29.43]Feeling of our time [02:30.94] [02:32.05]The artist is very young shows great promise [02:36.43] [02:37.53]And I'm glad that the work is [02:39.39]Exhibited here [02:40.53] [02:41.50]Let me turn this painting on [02:43.52] [03:05.99]I think you can see my point [03:09.13] [03:09.84]Now the artist that did this fortunately is [03:13.03] [03:14.38]Under seditives at the [03:15.96]Moment and we expect that his later [03:18.71]Work will be much calmer and quieter [03:24.54] [03:25.77]But we do like to give these young neurotic artists a chance [03:32.16] [03:33.73]And so I'm glad that the museum has been big [03:40.26]About the whole thing if it were [03:42.71]But lets go on because there's one work here [03:47.66] [03:49.30]That's been done by Jonnes [03:52.75]Cunningham [03:53.51] [03:56.90]This is a professer from another country [04:00.66]Actually but his work is reveared [04:02.92]Here [04:03.46] [04:04.45]We have quite a few of his works [04:06.02]But this particular one I want you to [04:08.63]Listen to very carefully [04:09.53]Because it has an exquisite sense of rythym [04:14.66] [04:16.27]This is a young man who has six children [04:19.06] [04:19.95]And it's amazing to me that he can [04:21.61]Turn out this kind of [04:22.91]Work at home with the children around [04:27.15] [04:28.73]But he says that they help him [04:31.09]If you'll read it [04:32.33]Cunningham says dedicated to my six children [04:37.28]Well here I'll turn it on and you can hear it for yourself [04:42.15] [05:26.66]It's just beutiful [05:27.78] [05:45.13]Yes that is one work [05:47.33]That the museum should well be proud of [05:50.76] [05:53.78]However I would like to have you come with me now [05:58.61]And we'll open this black [06:01.49]Door at the end of [06:02.68]The corridor here [06:03.58] [06:05.45]I won't be able to keep it open very long [06:08.20] [06:09.59]And I think you'll understand why [06:11.05] [06:11.72]Here I'll open it like this just a crack and you listen [06:18.00] [06:29.49]See what I mean [06:30.35] [06:31.35]I'll close the door [06:32.15] [06:34.18]There's a reason it's black [06:35.30] [06:37.44]Here let me open up this door [06:40.06] [06:41.54]It's just covered with beautiful colors [06:44.20] [06:45.94]And we'll hear what's on the other side of this door