JHC is an exploration of the expansive sounds of free jazz as a tribute to the restless exploration of the great saxophone player, John Coltrane. Coltrane’s signature sounds are utterly dissected from their genre and explored from a modernist angle, while maintaining the original spirit and colour of the jazz legend’s legacy.
The title is derived from Coltrane's initials with a H added in the middle, as an allusion to Coltrane’s eternal search for peace, spirituality and god. The H is a reference to the bible story in which Abram was renamed Abraham by god to signify his everlasting faith.
Each instrument has a significant role in the piece; the tenor saxophone is inspired by Coltrane's playing and the horn is inspired by a old piece of mine called Storm. However, the piano was chosen for its mechanical abilities. The piano's pedal enhances the captures reverb of the instruments that are set next to the it while reverberating its own sound.
In order enhance the creation of the reverb for this piece, I used extreme interval ranges to be played by the saxophone and piano while combining them with extreme dynamic ranges. By using those extreme aesthetics I was able to create a very noticeable world of sound that combines a large amount of reverb into a single sound "phase". In order to enhance the combined sound effect of echo and reverb, I used the studio to create a specific echo effect characterised by short decay time, as well as a few levels of reverb, all of which are set on the extreme level of effect. Moreover, I combined the studio effects with the usage of extreme dynamics all of which have increased the noticeably of the reverb and echo which are naturally produced while playing.