Translator's note: The meeting between saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman and philospher Jacques Derrida documented here took place in late June and early July 1997, before and during Coleman's three concerts at La Villette, a museum and performing arts complex north of Paris that houses, among other things, the world-renowned Paris Conservatory. Here Derrida interviews Coleman about his views on composition, improvisation, language and racism. Perhaps the most interesting point of the exchange is the convergence of their respective ideas about "languages of origin" and their experiences of racial prejudice.
concerts, but since original transcripts could not be located, I have translated it back into English from the published French text.
Full Interview (PDF): Here
[via An und fur sich]
Ornette Coleman (b.1930) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. His album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music.
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was an Algerian born French philosopher famous for developed the critical technique known as 'deconstruction'. His work has been characterized as both post-structuralist and as "postmodern theory". His prolific output of more than 40 published books, together with essays and public speaking, has had a significant impact upon the humanities, particularly on literary theory and continental philosophy. His best known, but least understood, assertion with regard to his philosophy was that "there is no outside-the-text."
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