NP - Rudresh Mahanthappa

[David Morris]

>From Boing Boing:

Avant-garde jazz derived from math concepts and sequences

Avant-garde jazz saxaphonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's latest CD,
Codebook, blends improvisational jazz with rhythms and melodies
derived from beautiful mathematical concepts and equations -- while
the drummer beats out hidden Morse Code messages. The Wired News
review has links to sample MP3s and lots of crunchy details on what
sounds like a fantastic CD.

The very first track, "The Decider," is a groovy primer on how to turn
math into music. Its bristling melody (.mp3) is derived from the
Fibonacci sequence, an infinite series of integers that governs the
structure of everything from pineapples to the Parthenon...

Returning to the realm of number theory, the tune "Further and In
Between" is based on the cyclical number 142857. Like all cyclical
numbers, this one has some very strange properties; for example, if
you multiply it by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, you get the same digits in a
different configuration (for example, 2 x 142857 = 285714).


http://www.wired.com/news/culture/reviews/0,71658-0.html?tw=wn_index_2