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"Scientists have only recently learned that the particles of an oxygen atom vibrate in a major key and that blades of grass "sing". Europe’s foremost jazz producer takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, exploring the musical traditions of diverse cultures and reaffirming what the ancients have always known—the world is sound, rhythm, and vibration. Berendt’s book is alive with his experiences—living in Bali, studying at a Zen monastery in Kyoto, and encountering budding jazz stars in Indonesia, Japan, Europe, and the United States. Drawing from his friendships with composers and performers as well as his knowledge of new physics and Tantra, cybernetics, Sufism, and the works...>>
"We understand only half of the world if we want to comprehend it only by seeing
People today rely too much on their eyes. The ear, which civilisations of the past regarded as the noblest of the human senses, has been relegated to second place.
In order to redress this situation, internationally famous musicologist Joachim-Ernst Berendt, author of Nada Brahma—The World is Sound, takes us on an expedition into the world of hearing.
We will travel through the distant realms of the universe, into the secrets of nuclear physics, biology and physiology. We will listen to politics, sociology, ethnology and the great spiritual traditions.
For this excursion into other zones of perception, our vehicle is the ear, for...>>
