How the web should be

March 4, 2005

Michal Levy reminds us what we love about the web. With Giant Steps, Levy took Coltrane's masterwork and set it to Flash in a beautiful interpretation. Nothing literal, just a stunning representation of what the music made her see. Go take a look at the work for yourself.

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Posted March 5, 2005 04:04

Giant Steps visualisiert: Für mich ist John Coltrane einer der größten Jazzmusiker überhaupt und "Giant Steps" eines seiner bekanntesten Werke. Michal Levy hat Giant Steps kongenial in einer Netzanimation visualisiert. Zurücklehnen und genießen! :cool: [via Anil Dash] read more »

Interessante Zeiten

Posted March 5, 2005 04:05

Giant Steps visualisiert: Für mich ist John Coltrane einer der größten Jazzmusiker überhaupt und "Giant Steps" eines seiner bekanntesten Werke. Michal Levy hat Giant Steps kongenial in einer Netzanimation visualisiert. Zurücklehnen und genießen! :cool: [via Anil Dash] read more »

AkuAku

Posted March 5, 2005 05:03

giant steps: In How the web should be, Anil points out a flash rendition of a Coltrane tune that feels like an abstract version of the sonic wire sculptor. I wonder how difficult it would be to write code to generate these... read more »

Digital Feng Shui

Posted March 5, 2005 07:25

Giant Steps: Ahh, I love music and design... So good. Watch this Flash-based movie tracked with John Coltrane. It's tasty. [from Anil Dash]... read more »

willisbros.net

Posted March 5, 2005 10:30

I Hate Flash! But this is cool as Hell.: Coltrane's Giant Steps set to flash animation. read more »

Molinillo

Posted March 5, 2005 10:52

Seeing Sound: Levy's short animated movie reminded me of the work of another apparent synesthete, Harry Smith.  Smith painted jazz.  Many of his paintings were note-by-note ?transcriptions? of jazz improvisations.  Below, for example, is Smith's rendition of Dizzy... read more »

face2face

Posted March 6, 2005 08:33

Off topic but very cool: If you like jazz and cool animation, check out what Michal Levy's done with read more »

boynton

Posted March 6, 2005 15:07

giant steps: Michal Levy Giant Steps (via anil dash) When I listen to music I see colors and shapes and when I watch visual art I hear sounds.I wanted to express my sensing of shapes colors and music in this short movie.... read more »

Josse Ford :: Art Journeys and Conversation ::

Posted March 16, 2005 07:47

Michel Levy art piece - inspired by John Coltraine:

Following on from my earlier post on how sound can sometimes appear to us visually Anil Dash pointed out this great art piece "Giant Steps".... Michel Levy has this to say about her work: "When I listen to music I see colors and shapes and when I ...

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aworks :: "new" american classical music

Posted April 17, 2005 19:37

Giant Steps (1959). John Coltrane: Via Anil Dash, a fun and colorful animation by Michal Levy, set to John Coltrane's Giant Steps. read more »

josephgrossberg Author Profile Page

Posted March 5, 2005 09:25

FYI, it was done in Jerusalem, and “Michal” is a female Hebrew name.

So it’s likely “what the music made her see”.

Great find, though. I feel inspired.

aleja

Posted March 5, 2005 09:42

That’s great… and, it somehow reminds me of something I might see on Sesame Street.

Anil Dash Author Profile Page

Posted March 5, 2005 18:43

Thanks, Joe. Fixed.

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