Animated Graphic Score

Dublin based Jazz pianist Johnny Taylor's interpretation of animated graphic score 'Three for Four' by Shane Mc Kenna. Johnny was recorded performing three separate takes, each time interpreting a different section of the score.


Shane has been trying to explain his graphic scores to me for a while now, so I'm happy to have finally seen one. There are more of these truly amazing pieces here.

John Cage On TV

"At the time, Cage was teaching Experimental Composition at New York City's New School. Eight years beyond 4:33, he was (as our smoking MC informs us) the most controversial figure in the musical world at that time. His first performance on national television was originally scored to include five radios, but a union dispute on the CBS set prevented any of the radios from being plugged in to the wall. Cage gleefully smacks and tosses the radios instead of turning them on and off.

While treating Cage as something of a freak, the show also treats him fairly reverentially, cancelling the regular game show format to allow Cage the chance to perform his entire piece. "

Check out this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSulycqZH-U