
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Terrific essay on Open Culture “Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles what any musician will recognize as the “Circle of … Continue reading John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music